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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest

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

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