OVERVIEWOftentimes, it is difficult for students to find poetry interesting. Despite this fact, one of my most successful lessons each school year is “Songs as Poetry.” In this lesson, students analyze popular songs in order to find the song’s purpose, message, and figurative meanings. Through this process, students use many of the same skills to analyze the songs as they would a poem. In the background of class, the selected songs are played on speakers as students look through a printout o