If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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To improve reading and analysis skills.
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To become more familiar with technical features of poetry and to think about how Byron uses these to create works with aesthetic impact.
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To consider how Byron fit more broadly into European Romanticism and 19th century English literary culture.
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To research Byron's historical context and understand how his poems were responding to historical and political realities.
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To learn more about Byron's biography and consider the ways in which an author's life can insert itself into literary works.
