If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will find relationships between this text and contemporary texts by analyzing songs and poems.
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Students will learn more about Victorian society and gender roles to understand the poem's significance.
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Students will create their own compositions related to Rossetti's themes.
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Students will analyze the text in its historical context and in relationship to the present moment.
