Washington State University
Washington State University: Herrick Poetic Variations
Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder" is presented and the author asks the reader to identify the poetic variations in meter and rhyme in this poem. Good exercise.
Other
Mystery Net: Edgar Allan Poe
Biography and analysis of the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. Examines Poe's contribution to the mystery genre. Also provides the text of several of Poe's writings.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Fast Break
In this poem, a basketball going through a net via a fast break, is shared within the seventeen, two-line stanzas.
Other
Book Page Interview: Gary Soto
This site, part of the online version of the magazine BookPage, provides a 1998 interview with Gary Soto, in which he discusses the themes of some of his works, his background, and his use of different genres of writing.
Starfall
Starfall: If I Could Touch the Sky
Read and listen to this illustrated children's poem about what could happen if I could touch the sky.
Starfall
Starfall: Who Has Seen the Wind?
The illustrated poem "Who Has Seen the Wind?" by Christina Georgina Rosetti tells about how we know the wind is there even if we can't see the wind itself.
Starfall
Starfall: My Hiding Place
Listen and read along with the illustrated poem "My Hiding Place" by Natasha Josefowitz, about a little girl who makes a hiding place with a blanket where she be anything she wants to be.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: "Letter From Spain"
This site from Modern American Poetry provides a review of the famous poem by Langston Hughes. The information that is provided is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out.
Other
The Androom Archive: The Corpse of Lord Byron
A mystery surrounding the death and burial of Lord Byron is described at this site.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 1834)
Read sonnets by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "Work without hope," and "One a Discovery Made Too Late." Page links to an introductory essay.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788 1824)
The text of "Sonnet on Chillon" by Lord Byron is provided at this site.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 1822)
Links to the texts of five sonnets written by Percy Shelley are provided at this site.