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Scholastic

Scholastic: Poetry Writing With Jack Prelutsky

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Here you will find awesome poetry guidelines from Jack Prelutsky! You will also find a teacher's guide.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Virgil

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Virgil and his epic poem The Aeneid including links to the full text of the poem and a short biography of Virgil.
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eBook
University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Atlanta Offering: Poems, by Frances e.w. Harper

For Students 9th - 10th
Searchable text of poems by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, from the book "Atlanta Offering."
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eBook
University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Fifty Years & Other Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
Searchable index of poet James Weldon Johnson's collection of poems, "Fifty Years & Other Poems," originally published in 1917.
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eBook
University of Michigan

Making of America: Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, searchable text of "Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes," which was illustrated by George Randolph Barse and others.
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eBook
Other

Peacock: The Round Table; Or King Arthur's Feast

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotated full text of Peacock's story "The Round Table; or King Arthur's Feast."
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Other

Tinet: Jose Marti

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; this is a biography of the Cuban poet and national hero, Jose Marti. Inluded are numerous poems by the author.
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Other

Rice Univ.: The Wondering Minstrels Theodore Roethke

For Students 9th - 10th
At this Rice University site, read Roethke's poem "The Meadow Mouse". Also, read a short critque of this poem and a biography of Roethke.
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Website
Other

Rice Univ.: The Wondering Minstrels on Richard Wilbur

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Richard Wilbur's poem "In the Smoking Car." Read a critique on this poem and Wilbur's biography.
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Other

Letter of the Law on William Stafford

For Students 9th - 10th
Adam Cornell, from Lewis and Clark College, writes an essay on Stafford. In this essay, you can read Stafford's poems "Lost Little Orphans" and "The Summer We Didn't Die."
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Website
Other

Site Officiel De Guillaume Apollinaire

For Students 9th - 10th
Official web site of Guillaume Apollinaire. It features everything you need to know about the poet and playwright.
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Website
Other

University of Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar Website

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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Other

Twentieth Century Poetry in English

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The work of many major poets can be reached through links at this site. Includes biographical information on poets and many works.
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eBook
Other

Elementary Odes: Pablo Neruda

For Students 9th - 10th
Online text to nine of his odes. Links are provided at the top of the page for access to each ode.
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Website
Sonnet Central

Sonnet in England (1880) James A. Noble

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Sonnet in England (1880)" by James Ashcroft Noble discusses the history of the sonnet from Petrarch through modern day. Hypertexr links to examples and other resources.
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Other

The Thomas Love Peacock Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The T. L. Peacock Society serves to popularize the virtues of Peacock's novels and poetry as well as other writings. This index page links to full-text novels and poems by the 19th century Romantic-era writer.
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Other

A Complete Collection of Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson

For Students 9th - 10th
Alphabetical listing of the complete Robert Louis Stevenson poems.
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Website
Other

National Library of Ireland: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interactive virtual tour of the National Library of Ireland's tribute to the life and works of William Butler Yeats. It offers various rooms with information about Yeat's life and his works including audio readings of his...
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Primary
Other

Tripod: The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot including original and additional notes about the poem.
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Other

Critical Analysis: The Garden of Jorge Luis Borges

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A very comprehensive site that includes a biographical sketch, several texts of Borges'poems, short stories and essays and, critical essays on his works.
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Primary
Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University: "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an annotated text of the poem "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant. Click on the words in red for more information about them. Information about the poem and Bryant is provided after the text.
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Study Guide for "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Glencoe Literature Library provides a 22-page on-line study guide for Tomas Rivera's "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him" complete with worksheets.
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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of Marianne Moore

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from the "Representative Poetry Online" project at the University of Toronto, provides links to the texts of five of Moore's poems, a brief discussion of her life and works, and a bibliography of works about Moore and her poetry.
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eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Gm Hopkins

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides texts of 16 of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poems. Also included is some basic biography information.