The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "ode" poetic form. Short examples included.

This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...

[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn" by John Keats.

Online text to nine of his odes. Links are provided at the top of the page for access to each ode.

A learning module that begins with Thomas Gray's poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

A learning module that begins with the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...

This single-stanza poem tells a story from the poet's imagined news story.

This lesson includes a poem in two voices and is adapted from the poem by Eric Ode in Rolling in the Aisles, published by Meadowbrook Press. Students will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem about a boy who learns a...

In "We're Going Skiing", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from I Hope I Don't Strike Out!'s poem by Eric Ode, students will dramatize a poem about a child who gets a surprise when she goes skiing.

Keats' poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" with notes.

This site contains 22 poems written by John Keats and some biographical information about him. The titles of the poems link to their full text.

This site contains the poem, "Ode on a Grecian Urn," by John Keats. Also contains notes on the poem.

A brief explanation of what a lyric poem is and the different types based on structure. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects

Read this four-stanza poem about a mouse that helps you work your computer.

In "Bad Baxter Barton," students will participate in a dramatization of a poem. Adapted from the poem "Bad Baxter Barton" originally published in Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) by Eric Ode, students will assume roles...

A brief overview of John Keats life and poetry in the English Romantic movement. Uses several lines from Keats' poem "To Autumn" as an example of the writing of the early 1800s.

This collection has been edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch. This site contains seven of Marvell's poems, without commentary or analysis.

An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...

This is a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a British poet whose works include The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "Dejection: An Ode," Christabel and Kubla Khan, a Vision,

Read Edgar Allan Poe's brief poetic fragment "Queen of May Ode."

Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "Ode to a Dressmaker's Dummy" by Donald Justice provided by the Academy of American Poets.

In Keats poem, Ode to a Nightengale, Keats wants to leave the pressures of the world. Read about the important themes and quotations in this fascinating site.

This site from the Academy of American Poets offers a biography, a photograph and the poem ODE TO A DRESSMAKER'S DUMMY, by Donald Justice. This site also contain the audio of this poem read by Mr. Justice.

Click on these terms for an excellent definition of these poetic terms, some from the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes types of poetry as well as terms.