Cozy Apologia - Rita Dove

Cozy Apologia by Rita Dove Teaching Unit

(PowerPoint presentation and worksheets)

This resource is made up of activities which explore ‘Cozy Apologia’ by Rita Dove in depth and cover the poem’s language, tone, form, style, poetic devices, themes and structure in detail. The resource is ideal for first teaching the poem and revision.

Contents include:

• A short introduction to Dove featuring interviews with the poet
• Consolidation activities
• Analysing Dove’s use of imagery and language in ‘Cozy Apologia’
• Examining the poem’s form, structure and Dove’s use of poetic devices
• Modelling how to use P.E.T.E.R. to write analytically about ‘Cozy Apologia’
• Discussing key themes

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