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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Tornoto: Ben Jonson

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Index page from the University of Toronto offering the complete texts of twenty of Jonson's poems, as well as one work of prose.
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Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

U of Toronto: Poetry and Prose of Thomas Love Peacock

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Toronto provides links to poems by Thomas Love Peacock. It also contains biographical information on Peacock.
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Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of Edmund Spenser

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided by the University of Toronto. Index of poetry of Edmund Spenser, with links to each. Many poems include explanatory notes.
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eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Emily Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the full text for four of Emily Bronte's poems: "The Night Is Darkening Round Me," "No Coward Soul Is Mine," "Plead for Me," and "Remembrance."
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eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

Univ. Of Toronto: Selected Poetry of R. L. Stevenson

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of selected poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, including "The Land of Nod," "Looking Forward," "To any Reader," and "Requium."
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eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). Seventy-nine full-text poems are included.
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eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of Henry Vaughan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site indexes a full-text of 11 of Henry Vaughan's poems. Also included is some biographical information.
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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

Selected Poetry of Frances Ellen Watkins (1825 1911)

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected full texts of poems by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Aunt Chloe", "The Drunkard's Child", and "The Slave Mother." Includes overview of the author's life and works.
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eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

Univ. Of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the texts to 41 of Robert Browing's poems as well as a brief biographical outline.
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Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Robert Burns

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains 23 poems and biographical information about the author, Robert Burns.
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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

Selected Poetry of H. D. (Hilda Doolittle; 1886 1961)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Full text of selectes from H.D.'s long poem "Helen" and "The Oread." Also offers a biography and selected bibliography.
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eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Henry Vaughan, the Retreat

For Students 9th - 10th
Bartleby provides the full text for the following poems: "The Retreat", "Peace", "The Timber", and "Friends Departed".
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Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Modern Brit Poet: Epilogue "The Flower of Old Japan", Alfred Noyes

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Alfred Noyes poem "Epilogue" from his poem "The Flower of Old Japan."
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Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: James Russell Lowell

For Students 9th - 10th
A selection of 99 quotations from the writing and speeches of James Russell Lowell, American essayist, poet, and editor.
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eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: E Text/i Hear America Singing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the online text for "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Complete Works of Wordsworth

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. This is the starting point for selecting poems chronologically by title index or alphabetically by first line.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Conversation With Stanley Kunitz

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview by Elizabeth Farnsworth with Stanley Kunitz, shortly after he was named poet laureate of the United States. In the course of the interview, Kunitz reads some of his poetry, and talks about what inspires his poetry.
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eBook
University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Virginia Library provides a wonderful selection of Frances Harper poems. Each poem is individually linked for easy access to one of interest. Includes images.
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Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Longfellow: Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including historical context, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with discussion activities, homework assignments, and essay topics.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Ludovico Ariosto

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography on this Italian poet is thorough and contains a selected bibliography.
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Primary
University of Virginia

The University of Virginia: Sketches of Southern Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Virginia Library resource provides the text for Frances Harper's "Sketches of Southern Life," which is a collection of poems. The full text of many of Harper's poems are available.
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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

Aurora Leigh: A Poem by Elizabeth B. Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of this nine "book" poem is offered by A Celebration of Women Writers at the University of Pennsylvania. There is no accompanying interpretation or analysis.
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Stevie Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography is brief but covers the poet's life and themes. What makes the site valuable is its links to other Smith sites, including one RealAudio site that features the reading of her poem "Not Waving but Drowning."
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Website
Other

Lee & Low Books: Book Talk With Pat Mora

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shares Pat Mora's poem "Song for April 30th." It also gives a link to an interview with Pat Mora and a link to her book "Confetti: Poems for Children." Great site for multicultural literature for children.