Teacher Guide

The Collected Poems of H.D. Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Students will practice closely reading poems for both literal and figurative meanings.

  2. 2

    Students will be able to think and write analytically about literature, using examples from the text and appropriate literary terminology to support arguments about the way a text functions.

  3. 3

    Students will become familiar with H.D.'s life and work.

  4. 4

    Students will become familiar with the Imagist movement in American poetry and will identify aspects of Imagism in H.D.'s poems.

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