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PPT
BBC

Bbc Audio Interviews: Siegfried Sassoon

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides an audio clip featuring Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967 CE), the English poet and novelist. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of key works.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Answer to a Child's Question by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 7th - 8th
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, literary critic, and a founder of the Romantic Movement in England, as well as a major influence on American transcendentalism. The following poem is, as the title suggests, the...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Poems of Tennyson and Noyes: Pictures in Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great and informative site. This instructional activity uses Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and Noyes's "The Highwayman" to teach vivid imagery and figurative language. Don't miss out.
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Handout
First World War

First World War: Prose & Poetry Wilfred Owen

For Students 9th - 10th
The First World War.com offers a very brief biography, this site touches on Wilfred Owen's (1893-1918 CE) work as well. Includes the text of his poem "Futility."
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Website
Other

George Mason Univ./chronology of Ann Finch's Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief chronology of Ann Finch's life along with quotes, comments, and excerpts from the poetry she was writing at each stage of her life.
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eBook
Other

The Medal by John Dryden

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the poem, along with a brief opening note is offered at this site.
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eBook
Other

Poems for the People: The Retreat by Henry Vaughan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text of "The Retreat" by Henry Vaughan in its entirety.
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eBook
Other

T. S. Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

For Students 9th - 10th
This full text of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock features hyperlinked annotations for student readers.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Selected Quotes of John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains selected quotes from famous literary works of the English poet, John Milton.
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Website
University of Massachusetts

Univ. Of Mass.: A Very Brief Biography of Alexander Pope

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief overview of Alexander Pope's life. It includes links to two pictures of him--one as a child and one as an adult.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is on Robert Browning (1812-1889 CE) the English poet, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Alexander Pope

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a biography of Alexander Pope including detailed information about Pope's life and literary career. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of...
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Website
Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Rupert Brooke

For Students 9th - 10th
Quotes from the works of the World War I English war poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915). Also provides brief biography and source information.
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Website
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "A Priest to the Temple"

For Students 9th - 10th
From a scholarly work, this page from Bartelby.com discusses Herbert's "A Priest to the Temple," and shows it as a reflection of Herbert's own character.
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Website
Ancestry

Richard Lovelace: Chronology of His L Ife

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of events in Richard Lovelace's life and two of his poems can be found here.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
A compilation of a variety of excellent resources on Victorian writer Robert Browning. Includes a detailed biography, list of works, social and political history of the Victorian age, and essays about the literary aspects of Browning's...