I have composed this letter concerning rather or not the poem “Courage” by Anne Sexton should be in the grade level curriculum. I feel that this poem should be in the curriculum for several reasons. One being how it makes a student think “below the surface.” Also another reason is that it fit the California standards. But the main focus is that it can relate to life.
The reason why I say that it makes a student think below the surface level is that in this poem talks about courage in general, but it talks about it in so many ways. To really understand it you have to think what is important about how it is showin