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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Forerunners" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Forerunners" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Give All to Love" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Give All to Love" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Insight" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Insight" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Merops" (Articulate Speech) by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Merops" (Articulate Speech) by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the poem "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "The Apology" Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "The Apology" Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "The Humble Bee" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "The Humble-Bee" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "The Snow Storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the poem "The Snow-storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "The Sphinx" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem The Sphinx" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Thine Eyes Still Shined" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Thine Eyes Still Shined" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Waldeinsamkeit" (Forest Solitude) by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Waldeinsamkeit" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
eBook
University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and search for thirty poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson, taken from the book "Early Poems." Includes a brief biography of Emerson.
Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This Poets.org entry for the 19th century American poet, essayist, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) provides biographical information, a select bibliography, and contemporary photograph as well as links to related writers...
Primary
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the poem "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
Primary
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "The Problem" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the poem "The Problem" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1802-1882).
Handout
Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At this website, read about the significant events in Emerson's life and learn about the major themes present in his writing.
eBook
University of Michigan

Making of America: Ralph Waldo Emerson, by A. Bronson Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Michigan offers this reproduction of Bronson Alcott's work as part of their Making of America series. A search feature allows users to search using boolean operators or a proximity search as well as more basic keyword.
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Other

Poems and Biography: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 1882)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography on Emerson accompanied by links to the text to many of his poems.
Website
Virginia Commonwealth University

American Transcendentalism Web: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes a short biography of Emerson and links to related sites.
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Curated OER

Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a summary of the life of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Also contains the text to many of his essays and poems.
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Curated OER

Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge His of Eng and Am Lit: Place of Emerson in Amer Letters

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This chapter from vol. XV of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is the starting point of an extensive resource for students who wish to study the life and works of this major American literary figure. Includes...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott; a collection of fairy stories and poems she originally told to Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter Ellen. It was her first published book.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical note on Walt Whitman that discusses his verse form, his life, and the influence of his poetry. Includes link to Leaves of Grass.