Curated OER
Introduction to Poetry Lesson Plan
Analyze poetry in a group setting. Middle and high schoolers read lyrics to a Tom Petty song and free write about the song's tone, setting, and speaker. They then complete the same activity in a group setting using seven poems. The...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Later Poets, Poets of East & West
This web page provides a description of the style and themes of American poetry in the second half of the nineteenth century. Examines the differences between poetry of the "effete" East and that of the untamed West.