Our A2 students from César López’s group in La Seu d’Urgell gathered in the library last Monday 8th to enjoy a poetry session. Although poetry sounds like a difficult genre for beginners, it is actually a very interesting one because it is more free than prose when it comes to grammar and it allows students to experiment with words, sounds, rhyme and rhythm.

We read A Poison Tree, by William Blake, Do not go gentle into that good night, by Dylan Thomas, and an extract from a children’s poetry book by Dr. Seuss called Fox in Socks as a way to inspire students before they write their own poem for our Sant Jordi poetry contest. We ended our session listening to a fun rap version of Fox in Socks that you can listen to here.