This is fantastic! Your piece helped me understand better why the kids I teach respond to poetry (which is an image-making art form) so enthusiastically. Everything is literal for 5th graders. When they recognize that there can be double/hidden meanings and symbolism in poems, something in their mind switches into high gear.
This is fantastic! Your piece helped me understand better why the kids I teach respond to poetry (which is an image-making art form) so enthusiastically. Everything is literal for 5th graders. When they recognize that there can be double/hidden meanings and symbolism in poems, something in their mind switches into high gear.