What Makes a Poet Great?
Day Ten Lesson Plan [PDF] Activities: Explore the qualities of a great poet. Discuss what Jeffers’s poetry can teach about the concerns of his generation. Write a short essay that explains one central theme or major feature of his work. Homework: Write a paragraph about Jeffers’s legacy in the twenty-first century. Jeffers’ poems remain protected by copyright, but may be printed from the Poetry Foundation’s Web site. Go to the Poetry Tool and search by the poet’s name, or each poem’s title. All the poems cited in this guide are available on their Web site.
