The document provides an overview and instructions for a poetry analysis lesson. It introduces analyzing the poem "Storm on the Island" and making connections to other poems. Students are asked to answer questions about "Patrolling Barnegat" and choose additional themes to group and analyze poems. Background is given on the poet Walt Whitman and context for "At a Potato Digging" regarding the Irish Potato Famine.

3. ‘ Patrolling Barnegat’ By Walt Whitman

4. Task: Try and answer the questions on the poem. Write on the actual worksheet.

6. What do you notice about the final word in each line? What effect does this achieve? PRESENT PARTICIPLE; NOT GRAMMATICALLY COMPLETE SENTENCE EFFECT?????

7. Cross reference: You know what to do…. … 7 minutes…

13. ‘ At a Potato Digging’ By Seamus Heaney

14. DVD Clip: A commentary on the poem…

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16. The Irish ‘Potato Famine’ of 1845