Students will launch the poetry analysis project by engaging in a Poetry Escape Room, then begin empathizing with authentic audiences for their future library poetry night. Through guided analysis of poems, adaptations, and historical source texts, students will practice close reading and begin gathering insight into how different readers interpret and experience poetry. They will conduct initial user interviews and create empathy maps to understand how to design meaningful multimedia poetry analyses for a real community audience.

Students will synthesize insights from user interviews, poetic analysis, and cross-text research to define a clear, audience-centered problem statement that guides the design of their multimedia poetry analysis and library presentation.

Students will generate, refine, and select innovative approaches for their Annotated Multimedia Poetry Analysis & Performance by brainstorming diverse artistic interpretations, mapping user experience for the library audience, and testing early presentation concepts through structured peer feedback and revision cycles.

Students will build and refine testable prototypes of their Annotated Multimedia Poetry Analysis & Performance and team exhibition materials, using peer and librarian-informed criteria to iterate before the public library event.

Students will refine, test, and publicly present their multimedia poetry analyses and spoken-word performances at the city library, using authentic audience feedback to validate and strengthen their interpretations before final assessment.