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E Server: Poetry Collection: Shakespeare: Sonnet 122

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 122.
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Eserver

E Server: Poetry Collection: Shakespeare: Sonnet 131

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 131.
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Lesson Plan
Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Close Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan teaches students to consider diction, syntax, literary devices, and rhetorical strategies in doing a close reading of Shakespeare's sonnets.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Shakespeare's Sonnets

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of William Shakespeare's Sonnets and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender, Sexuality, Courtship and Marriage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Shakespeare's Life and World

For Students 9th - 10th
From the open-air Globe to the candlelit Blackfriars; from the countryside to the city; discover the world that shaped Shakespeare's work and influenced his legacy.
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting Romeo and Juliet in Context: A Summary of Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Romeo and Juliet - from young love in Shakespeare's day to sonnets and sleeping potions, and from Brooke's 1562 poem on Romeus and Juliet to a 21st-century...
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Website
Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: James Russell Lowell

For Students 9th - 10th
This Sonnet Central site provides the texts to six of James Russell Lowell's sonnets: "Love", "Love and Sorrow", "The Street", "Jeffries Wyman", "To a Friend", and "To Miss D.T.".
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Robert Burns, "A Sonnet Upon Sonnets"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides a sonnet from Robert Burns entitled, "A Sonnet Upon Sonnets." Burns' less-than-serious look at what constitutes a sonnet.
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Other

A Kisa M Ta Konpare W? Shall I Compare Thee . . .

For Students 9th - 10th
A Haitian Creole translation of the Shakespearean sonnet "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
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eBook
Sonnet Central

Sonnets of World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
This unique page contains links to the sonnets of the title, as well as links to biographical information about the writers. There are even audio versions of some sonnets available. A bibliography is provided, but no actual commentary or...
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Handout
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Biblioteca Del Soneto

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of sonnets by authors of Hispanic literature.
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eBook
Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788 1824)

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of "Sonnet on Chillon" by Lord Byron is provided at this site.
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 1822)

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to the texts of five sonnets written by Percy Shelley are provided at this site.
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Curated OER

Picture

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of sonnets by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), the Elizabethan poet.
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Curated OER

Wwi Cartoon

For Students 9th - 10th
This unique page contains links to the sonnets of the title, as well as links to biographical information about the writers. There are even audio versions of some sonnets available. A bibliography is provided, but no actual commentary or...
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Curated OER

Wwi Cartoon

For Students 9th - 10th
This unique page contains links to the sonnets of the title, as well as links to biographical information about the writers. There are even audio versions of some sonnets available. A bibliography is provided, but no actual commentary or...