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Poetry can help students connect personally with a piece of text while also bridging the past and present. “I think that poetry has a way of really finding you when you need the right message,” Carino said. “It’s always right when I am going through something tough and need a reminder, or surprisingly sometimes things that are happening in society.”

Between the Lines: Poetry is Deeper Than You Think

Mary Lee, Managing Editor | October 10, 2025

Iambic pentameter. Enjambment. Synecdoche. With these literary devices, along with the archaic language that poems may apply, students too often groan over the mention of poetry in the English curriculum....

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