I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather.
I am not a sexy woman I'm not beautiful I'm not a sex kitten I don't flirt...
You do have to change things as warfare changes.
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems I would suggest you do two things: first while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.