Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Thomas Hardy
What do you know about the life and work of Thomas Hardy? Explore this informative site to learn more about this famous poet.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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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Death Throes of Romanticism: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
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...
University of Pennsylvania
Project Guttenberg: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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,...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1971
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...
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Works of Robert Browning
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."
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
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."
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: The Works of Matthew Arnold
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."
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library : Works of George Meredith
This site provides links to 9 of George Meredith's works.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
This site provides the complete texts for 19 of Rudyard Kipling's literary works.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of two of Emily Bronte works, "Poems by Currier, Ellis, and Acton Bell," and "Wuthering Heights."
Can Teach
Can Teach: Songs and Poems
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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The Quotations Page: Lord Alfred Tennyson
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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Temas Puertorriquenos Cuentos Y Poemas
Short stories and poems in Spanish from Puerto Rico for K-12 students.
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Moore, Marianne, 1887 1972
A biography, video criticism of her work, a tribute and information about her grave are all available here.
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Erudit: Meta Article on Richard Wilbur
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.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Mythology Hangman
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...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: How to Write a Poem
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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Poetry: Sound and Sense
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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Teaching Poetry Through Riddles
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....
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Love Songs by Sara Teasdale
This is the full text of the poetry collection Love Songs by Sara Teasdale.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Man From Snowy River and Others by Andrew Barton Paterson
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.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick
This is the original, online text of the poem "Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth
This is the original, online text of the poem "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth.