Paired Texts > Morning in the Burned House

by Margaret Atwood 1995

We've identified these texts as great options for text pairings based on similar themes, literary devices, topic, or writing style. Supplement your lesson with one or more of these options and challenge students to compare and contrast the texts. To assign a paired text, click on the text to go to its page and click the "Assign Text" button there.

The Ecchoing Green
The Ecchoing Green
William Blake

In this famous poem, the speaker laments the fleeting nature of youth.

Pair "The Echoing Green" with "Morning in the Burned House" and ask students to compare the use of figurative language and the tone of each work.

8th Grade Poem 880L
Dreams
Dreams
Linda Pastan

In Linda Pastan's "Dreams," the speaker uses figurative language to discuss dreams.

Pair “Morning in the Burned House” with “Dreams” and ask students to compare these two poems. How does each poem create a dreamlike atmosphere? How does each poem deal with grief and loss?

12th Grade Poem
Excerpt from Swann's Way
Excerpt from Swann's Way
Marcel Proust

In Marcel Proust's "Excerpt from Swann's Way," a narrator's past and present blur together as he is on the verge of sleep.

Pair “Morning in the Burned House” with “Excerpt from Swann’s Way,” and ask students to discuss how the two texts explore childhood. What tone do the poem’s speaker and the excerpt’s narrator use to describe their childhood? How do the two texts contrast the past and present?

11th Grade Fiction - General 1250L