Instructional Video11:58
Oxford Comma

Poetic Devices Explained: LINE BREAKS (Definitions, Examples, and How to Use Them).

9th - 12th
The third video in our series on poetic devices, in this video will look at how poets use line breaks to create meter and music in their poetry. We'll also examine how to write about them as well as a clever usage from early pop-punk music.
Instructional Video8:51
Oxford Comma

The Simplicity of Sadness: The Red Wheelbarrow

9th - 12th
A deceptively deep poem, students have been frustrated by "The Red Wheelbarrow" for decades. This video shows that William's intentionally plays with the idea of significance. Find out more in this reading, summary, and analysis of...
Instructional Video17:44
Wonderscape

Literature Kids: Exploring Poetic Devices

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher discusses the fundamental poetic devices of alliteration, assonance, and consonance. They explain how these devices create rhythm and rhyme in poetry and provide examples from famous poets such as Walt Whitman...