Teaching students to explore salient factors that contribute to the themes in English poems

Abstract

The prime objective of this article is to teach students to explore some salient factors that contribute to the themes in English poems. A theme is a message, a point of view or a central idea of the poem. A poem may have one or more themes. The article writer has employed diverse poems and verse lines of poems composed by various poets. The underlying themes of poems are exposed through presentation followed by explanation. This article is important for those who are interested in studying and teaching English poetry.