According to Percy Bysshe Shelley, poetry "redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity" that exist within each of us. While instructors often cringe at the thought of creating assessments for departmental reports, such reluctance does not have to be the case. Any instructor in any discipline can create engaging, creative assessments that can be both fun--believe it or not--enlightening, and engaging for students. This presentation will demonstrate how to use the words and ideas of students as the basis for assessing students' use of critical thinking skills, as well as their philosophical and "divine" desires and inclinations.
