Literary Quote of the Day: "Beauty is Truth"

John Keats is my favorite poet. That’s not something I normally tell people. Perhaps that’s the real reason I do this podcast…so I can tell you who my favorite poets and poems are. It’s not like I sit around and discuss literary quotes with my friends like I’ve been doing all summer with y’all.

Life Lesson

The poem’s topic is perfection. And I think a lot of us become perfectionists in the classroom. I want to say that perfectionists and perfection are not the same. Because perfection is an impossible goal on Earth–even if it does exist in some form, according to Keats at least–doesn’t mean we need to achieve it to be effective in the classroom.

Takeaways

Keats found perfection on an urn, so perfection does exist. It’s just not very practical in real life.Perfectionism is not the same as perfect.Be careful not to cast this pearl of a poem on the swine of a class that doesn’t appreciate literary greatness.

Resources

“Ode on a Grecian Urn” Blog PostFree Video Course Sign Up : https://forms.aweber.com/form/34/1733538234.htmComplete Lesson Plans Collections: https://trent-media.myshopify.com/Poetry Lesson Plan Collections: https://trent-media.myshopify.com/collections/poetry-guides