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Loc: Poetry 180: Tour
This short two-stanza poem implies the importance of looking at things in two different ways.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Before She Died
This five stanza poem discusses the top of a poet's dog who is dying.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Poetry
This poem is a sonnet with the topic of "poetry" and its words.
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Loc: Poetry 180: American Cheese
This poem describes the poet's love for American cheese.
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Loc: Poetry 180: One Morning
This two-stanza poem uses strong sensory imagery to describe upsetting discoveries one morning.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Publication Date
This poem describes how a publication date marks the end and the beginning in an author's life.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Meadow
This three-stanza poem describes a poet who asks questions about her soul.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Hand Shadows
This one-stanza poem describes a father demonstrating hand shadows while camping in a tent.
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Loc: Poetry 180: She Didn't Mean to Do It
This three-stanza poem creates a feeling of mystery, pain, and sadness.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter
This poem shares the story of the poet wasting time by driving around on a snowy night.
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Loc: Poetry 180: In a Wall
This five-stanza poem shares a story of a boy helping his father retrieving a dog that had fallen down a well.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Poetry of Bad Weather
This seven-stanza poem includes words and phrases that are commonly associated wit the weather.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Green One Over There
This non-prose piece shares a story of jealousy and the tragic illness that occurred in its midst.
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Loc: Poetry 180: A Man I Knew
This poem describes a man that the poet once knew.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Nights
This three-stanza poem explains that she really does not want anything other than rest.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Fault
This four-stanza poem's topic of a mother worrying about her son so much that is is to a fault.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Thanks for Remembering Us
This two-stanza poem describes the event of receiving an arrangement of flowers by mistake.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 2: Thirteen Ways of Reading a Modernist Poem
In this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 2: Thirteen Ways of Reading a Modernist Poem. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
University of Pennsylvania
Univ of Pennsylvania: Imagism
Defines the movement of poetry, "imagism" and describes the "imagist." The site also gives five characteristics of an imagist according to an Imagist manifesto.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing Poetry With Karla Kuskin
Karla Kuskin will take you through the writing process and will share many of her helpful hints! There is a teacher's guide included.
University of Pennsylvania
Rhythm and Meter in English Poetry
Discusses the terminology needed to understand rhythm and meter in English poetry including the following terms: stressed and unstressed syllables, iambs, trochees, spondees, anapests, dactyls, monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter,...
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Free Verse
This page provides a good working definition of free verse, along with some examples, information about its development, and mention of the poets who have made it popular.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Cinquain Poems
Discover how to write a cinquain poem when you visit this resource. This site features a sample of a cinquain and directions to create your own. Come and check out how much fun poetry can be.