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Teach This Poem: “the sonnet-ballad” by Gwendolyn Brooks Teach This Poem: "That time of year thou mayst in me behold (Sonnet 73)" by William Shakespeare Teach This Poem: “America” by Claude McKay Teach This Poem: “Instructions on Not Giving Up” by Ada Limón Teach This Poem: "Before a Painting" by James Weldon Johnson Teach This Poem: "The Tradition" by Jericho Brown Teach This Poem: “Wonder and Joy” by Robinson Jeffers Teach This Poem: “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus
