A companion book for Artfulness and Old Lace, this teaching guide is perfect for teachers of poetry or for any reader who wants to learn to read poetry with greater understanding. For each poem in its companion book, this guide provides a series of questions pointing out poetic devices and techniques used by the poet, leading the reader toward conclusions about the poem's meaning and the relationship of technical and thematic elements of poetry. For nearly all questions, suggested answers are provided by the poet.