I wonder if anyone has any experience with teaching Keats to groups of children or adults. This week I will have the opportunity to teach a bit of poetry (in general) to about 45 adults. Since none of them has much interest in poetry I figured I could expose them to the richness of "To Autumn" and hopefully introduce them to the thematic ideas, historic issues and the literary elements of the text. I think Autumn lends itself nicely to these three dimensions of poetry. Of course there is also the personal aspect - as we all know in our reading of the poems. Reading Jack Stillinger and Helen Vendler has helped me much in preparing for this.
Feel free to drop me your thoughts about doing this. It may be too ambitious, but I will enjoy it immensely

Though I feel very apprehensive, and not qualified to teach Keats, it actually encourages me to know that I am part of a larger community of the "Keats Circle" with you. In some strange way, I feel like I will be representing all of your interests as well. Hopefully, I won't let you down friends!
If it goes half as good as I imagine - I'll be happy!
"Come... dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly. Dry your eyes... and let's go home."