Hi gang and happy back to school. Is anybody using "Count that Day Lost?" in a 5 point Lit Program? It seems to me too simplistic for them. I am supposed to advise a student on analyzing this poem and I don't know what to do with it. By the way, for those of you who are implementing the lit program, have you met any students who, when asked "How did studying thinking skills help you to understand the poem (better) -- answer in all honesty: They didn't. Any English speaking third grader could understand this poem as well as I do." Can I accept answers like this? Barry S -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 342 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message