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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything y

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"Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition"

- A. R. Ammons

Teaching Poetry Free Everything

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This quote is written / told by A. R. Ammons between February 18, 1926 and February 25, 2021. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 25 other quotes.

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