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Poets.org: John Updike

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of John Updike including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Updike is also provided.
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Poets.org: Elizabeth Bishop

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Elizabeth Bishop including information on her life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Bishop is also provided.
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Poets.org: James Weldon Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of James Weldon Johnson including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Johnson is also provided.
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Poets.org: John Greenleaf Whittier

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of John Greenleaf Whittier including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Whittier is also provided.
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Poets.org: Sandra Cisneros

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of author Sandra Cisneros lists her books and awards and includes related links.
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Poets.org: Utah Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Utah includes information on the poet laureate, Kenneth W. Brewer. Other sections include featured poets (Judy Jordan and David Lee) and poems...
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Poets.org: A Brief Guide to the Beat Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a brief explanation of the Beat poetry movement. Also includes a short excerpt from Allen Ginsberg's "Howl."
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Poets.org: A Brief Guide to Concrete Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concise explanation of the term "concrete poetry." It's mainly a discussion of the 1960s poetic movement, but it also includes the history of the term before and after.
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Poets.org: A Brief Guide to Confessional Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Concise explanation of the term "confessional poetry." It's mainly a discussion of the poetic movement of the 1950s and 60s, and it also includes example passages by Sylvia Plath and John Berryman.
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Poets.org: A Brief Guide to Imagism

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a brief explanation of the Imagist school of poetry. Also includes a copy of Ezra Pound's "In a Station of the Metro" and the three tenets of Imagism as defined by Pound.
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Poets.org: A Brief Guide to Metaphysical Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Concise explanation of the term "metaphysical poetry." It's mainly a discussion of the seventeenth century poetic movement, but it also includes some information about John Donne and other specific poets.
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Poets.org: W. B. Yeats

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Irish poet William Butler Yeats with links to six of his poems.
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Poets.org: Eavan Boland

For Students 9th - 10th
This American Academy of Poets site provides a biographical sketch for the Irish poet Eavan Boland with a link to the full text of "The Pomegranate." External links to other resources.
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Poets.org: Matthew Arnold

For Students 9th - 10th
Academy of American Poets entry for Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), the Victorian era poet and critic. Includes link to full text of the poem "Dover Beach."
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Poets.org: A Brief Guide to Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concise explanation of modernism as it applies to literature. It's mainly a discussion of the poetic movement of the early twentieth century, and it discusses many of the important figures of the era.
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Poets.org: A Brief Guide to Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th
Concise explanation of the term "Romanticism," largely as it applies to poetry. It discusses the movement's origins and some of its major features.
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Poets.org: A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Concise explanation of the term "Harlem Renaissance," largely as it applies to poetry. It discusses the movement's origins and some of its major figures.
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Poets.org: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and a text of the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes provided by the Academy of American Poets.
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Poets.org: "Next Day" by Randall Jarrell

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "Next Day" by Randall Jarrell provided by the Academy of American Poets. A link to the author's biography is provided.
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Poets.org: "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks provided by the Academy of American Poets.
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Poets.org: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost provided by the Academy of American Poets.
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Poets.org: "The Portrait" by Stanley Kunitz

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "The Portrait" by Stanley Kunitz provided by the Academy of American Poets.
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Poets.org: "Ode to a Dressmaker's Dummy" by Donald Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "Ode to a Dressmaker's Dummy" by Donald Justice provided by the Academy of American Poets.
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Poets.org: "Making a Fist" by Naomi Shihab Nye

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and the text of the poem "Making a Fist" by Naomi Shihab Nye provided by the Academy of American Poets.