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ReadingWillow structured literacy program for Australian students
Poetry Library

— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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“The students were very active in class discussions, asking many thoughtful questions.”

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Writing a Poem About a Special pia a

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Claude McKay·1889–1948·communist
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he or she has very powerful feelings: SXlisting the images that lead to the spe? Beers Then list the speaker’s emotions con-ea the place he or she recalls. Present theS Mae observations in the first stanza; pre-Td S or her associations in the next stanza; escribe his or her emotions in the third
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