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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Thomas Hardy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about the life and work of Thomas Hardy? Explore this informative site to learn more about this famous poet.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn more about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work when you visit this resource. This site features links to information on his life and work.
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Other

Death Throes of Romanticism: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an essay by Joyce Carol Oates on Sylvia Plath and her poetry. Topics in this essay include: tragedy, cultural significance, and lyrical poetry. Some of the following Plath works are mentioned in this essay: "Narcissi", "Three...
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University of Pennsylvania

Project Guttenberg: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

For Students 9th - 10th
Project Guttenberg offers the following downloadable full texts:*Burns, Robert, 1759-1796: The Letters of Robert Burns, ed. by J. Logie Robertson (Gutenberg text)*Burns, Robert, 1759-1796: The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns*Burns,...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation, you can read about Pablo Neruda, the 1971 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Nobel...
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University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library: Works of Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to five of Robert Browning's most famous works including "Dramatic Lyrics," "Dramatic Romances," "An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry," "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," and "The Ring and the Book."
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University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to five of Browning's most famous works including "Aurora Leigh," "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point," "Selected Poems," "Sonnets From the Portuguese," and "Translations from the Greek Christian Poets."
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University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library: The Works of Matthew Arnold

For Students 9th - 10th
The Digital Library provides links to three pieces of work done by Matthew Arnold: "Culture and Anarchy," "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time," and "The Next Bottom Line: Making Sustainable Development Tangible."
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University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library : Works of George Meredith

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to 9 of George Meredith's works.
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University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete texts for 19 of Rudyard Kipling's literary works.
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University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of two of Emily Bronte works, "Poems by Currier, Ellis, and Acton Bell," and "Wuthering Heights."
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Songs and Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
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Other

The Quotations Page: Lord Alfred Tennyson

For Students 9th - 10th
Students and teachers will benefit from these examples of quotes from Lord Alfred Tennyson. This site offers only a handful of examples. Don't miss out.
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Other

Temas Puertorriquenos Cuentos Y Poemas

For Students 9th - 10th
Short stories and poems in Spanish from Puerto Rico for K-12 students.
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Swiss Educ

Swiss Educ: Moore, Marianne, 1887 1972

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A biography, video criticism of her work, a tribute and information about her grave are all available here.
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Other

Erudit: Meta Article on Richard Wilbur

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Erudit is Albert Waldinger from the Defense Language Institute discussing the career of Richard Wilbur, not only as a poet, but as a translator of French poetry.
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National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Mythology Hangman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Test your knowledge of world mythology by playing Mythology Hangman, a Java applet and website that features images, maps, and descriptions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. It is a great resource to supplement mythology...
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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: How to Write a Poem

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how to write a poem when you use this site. This site offers insight into how to write a simple form of a poem through interactive activities.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry: Sound and Sense

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson that gently encourages the teaching of poetry in "nonthreatening" ways. Stresses reading and listening, discussion, and the examination of the sound and sense of poetry.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching Poetry Through Riddles

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Excellent teaching resource that attempts to teach poetic concepts to middle schoolers by using riddles. Discusses riddles' use of metaphor, simile, and imagery, and relates these concepts to the students' understanding of poetry....
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Love Songs by Sara Teasdale

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the poetry collection Love Songs by Sara Teasdale.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Man From Snowy River and Others by Andrew Barton Paterson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the poetry collection The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by Andrew Barton Paterson including a preface, a prelude, and 46 poems.
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: "Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick.
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth.