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In this post I would like to invite you to read and ponder on a poem by one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, Robert Frost. It is titled โOctoberโ, first published in England in 1913, in a largely autobiographical collection of poems called A Boyโs Will. O hushed October morning mild,Thy leaves …
In an earlier post about interpreting poetry, I tried to convince my readers of the merits of reading poems and enjoying them as a form of art. There I also presented a six-step approach to interpreting poems that I will be referring to throughout this article, so you might want to have a look at …
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[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, levels B2/C1. Please scroll down for the accompanying exercises and additional resources.] Each year, April 22 is marked as Earth Day. First introduced in 1970, itโs an international event aimed at raising awareness of environmental concerns. It originated in the eco-activism of the 1960s, a …
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