Use this two-day poetry lesson to help your students connect modern music/song lyrics to classic poetry. On the first day, students will compare and contrast the song, āStereo Hearts,ā by Gym Class Heroes, to Robert Burnsā classic poem, āA Red, Red Rose.ā Both poems use simile and metaphor to describe the feeling of falling in love. On the second day, students will compare and contrast The Scriptās song, āBreakeven,ā with Edmund Spenserās āSonnet 30,ā as both works discuss the paradox of emotion