Day 3

Wallace Stevens: Poems Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Musical Interpretations

    Kind of Activity:

    Mixed Media

    Objective:

    Students will listen to compositions inspired by "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" and analyze how the poem is represented in music.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7

    Structure:

    Just as Stevens was interested in music and influenced by it, so have musicians been similarly influenced by his work. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" in particular has inspired composers. Here is a list of some pieces written after "Thirteen Ways:"

    • "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", by Lukas Foss
    • Thirteen Ways, by Thomas Albert
    • "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", by...

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