✨What Does This Poem Actually Mean?✨

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✨What Does This Poem Actually Mean?✨

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7 sessions

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Poetry isn’t meant to confuse you—it’s meant to move you. In this class, we’ll explore one short poem each session, break it down together, and discover what it really means. You'll learn how to feel a poem before analyzing it, and walk away with new ways to read, interpret, and even perform poetry. No boring lectures—just understanding words in a deeper and fun way.

Tutored by

Agrani R 🇮🇳

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Heya! I'm Agrani an 11th grader from India, I love milk chocolate and I'm here to learn, meet and help others. My interest are, reading and writing, binge watching on netflix, meeting new people and more, My primary goal is to make the world the best place to live, using my skill of writing.

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

You are welcome to attend any or all sessions. If you need to miss a session, please inform the tutor at least 1 day in advance.

Students who miss 2 sessions in a row without prior notice may be withdrawn from the series to make room for others.

SESSION 1

23

Jul

SESSION 1

Poetry

Wed 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTCJul 23, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTC

 “This Is Just to Say” – William Carlos Williams 
A poem about plums… or betrayal? Let’s unpack simplicity, subtext, and sarcasm.

SESSION 2

25

Jul

SESSION 2

Poetry

Fri 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTCJul 25, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTC

“Fire and Ice” – Robert Frost
Destruction, desire, and cold endings. How do opposites in poems work?

SESSION 3

28

Jul

SESSION 3

Poetry

Mon 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTCJul 28, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTC

“I’m Nobody! Who are you?” – Emily Dickinson
Identity, rebellion, and social masks. Also: how punctuation changes tone.

SESSION 4

31

Jul

SESSION 4

Poetry

Thu 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTCJul 31, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTC

 “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” – Emily Dickinson
How metaphor paints hope. What makes this poem feel like a whisper?

SESSION 5

2

Aug

SESSION 5

Poetry

Sat 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTCAug 2, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTC

 “The Red Wheelbarrow” – William Carlos Williams
It’s just a wheelbarrow... or is it? Minimalism and what lies beneath.

SESSION 6

4

Aug

SESSION 6

Poetry

Mon 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTCAug 4, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTC

“The Red Wheelbarrow” – William Carlos Williams
It’s just a wheelbarrow... or is it? Minimalism and what lies beneath. 

SESSION 7

10

Aug

SESSION 7

Poetry

Sun 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTCAug 10, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM UTC

“Ozymandias” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Power, decay, and time. How do you sound like a fallen king?

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Jul 23 - Aug 10

3 weeks

60 mins

/ session

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Mondays

5:30PM