Curated Video
Robert Frost: American Poet
Students discover facts about the famous poet, Robert Frost, as Mr. Griot reads and discusses a brief biography.
Chinese Buddy
Spring Slumber (春眠) - 1200 Year-Old Chinese Poem into Song
Spring Slumber (春眠) is a poem by the very famous poet 白居易 (bái jū yì) who lived from 772-846 AD during the Tang Dynasty.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter - David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor
Shakespeare sometimes gets a bad rap in high schools for his complex plots and antiquated language. But a quick peek into the rhythm of his words reveals a poet deeply rooted in the way people spoke in his time - and still speak today....
Wonderscape
Literature Kids: Exploring Poetic Devices
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...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Rumi: One of the world's most famous writers | Stephanie Honchell Smith
According to legend, the renowned scholar Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi was giving a lecture when a disheveled man approached and asked him the meaning of his academic books. Rumi didn’t know it yet, but this question and this man would...
Curated Video
The Innovative Style of Emily Dickinson's Poetry
Emily Dickinson describes the transformative power of poetry as something that can evoke profound physical sensations. She developed a distinctive style characterized by unique punctuation, particularly the use of dashes, and near...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Introduction to Rosemary Dobson
Meet Rosemary Dobson, a great Australian poet. Find out who she was, where she came from and why her poems are remarkable. We’ll look at her personal and contextual influences, which ranged from her Australian identity to Classical art....
Curated Video
Vincent Van Gogh - The Art & the Artist
See Post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh brought to Life in this cutting-edge animation, as you go on a journey alongside both the Art and the Artist. This animation not only features an array of Van Gogh’s masterpieces but delves into...
The Met
Bronzino: Painter, Poet, Man
Learn more about this exhibition: The Drawings of Bronzino on view at the Met January 20, 2010 - April 18, 2010: http://tinyurl.com/metbronzino A lecture by James Fenton, Poet, Journalist, Critic This exhibition is the first ever...
Biography
Robert Frost - American Poet & Four-time Pulitzer Prize Winner | Mini Bio | BIO
Watch a short video biography of poet Robert Frost, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes and the Inaugural Poet for President Kennedy in 1961. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our...
Biography
Langston Hughes: Harlem Renaissance Poet, Novelist, Playwright | Biography
Learn about Langston Hughes, who as a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance produced countless novels, plays, and poems about racial equality and working-class pride, including famous works such as "I, Too" and "Not Without...
Biography
William Faulkner - Two Time Pullitzer Prize Winner & Poet-Novelist of Mississippi | Mini Bio | BIO
A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, William Faulkner was the poet-novelist of Mississippi. His novels "The Sound and the Fury," "As I Lay Dying," and "Light in August" all reflect the history and culture of the American South. #Biography...
Gresham College
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes, and longer - Professor Christopher Cook
The historian Daniel Boorstin famously defined a celebrity as "a person who is well-known for his well-knownness." A person who is famous for simply being famous is hardly a modern phenomenon. On the publication of Childe Harold, Byron...
Biography
Tupac Shakur - Actor, Poet, Rapper & King of Hip-Hop | Mini Bio | BIO
Watch a short biography of Tupac Shakur, the actor and rap artist who was killed in a drive by shooting in 1996. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site:...
Biography
Gertrude Stein - Author & Poet | Mini Bio | BIO
Modernist author Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1874. Stein moved to Paris in 1903, embarking on a literary career that produced Tender Buttons and Three Lives, as well as work dealing with homosexual...
Pursuit of Wonder
One Of The Most Famous Poems In History - "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
One of the most regarded and analyzed poems in history is "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" by the great 20th century poet, Robert Frost. Many explanations and analyses have been given to this poem. Some believe it might be a...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How Phillis Wheatley captured the attention of the world | Charita Gainey
In 1775, General George Washington received a poem from one of colonial America's most famous writers. Its verses praised the burgeoning revolution, invoking the goddess of their new nation to aid the general's cause. But this ode to...
Crash Course
Before I Got My Eye Put Out - The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Crash Course English Lit
In which John Green concludes the Crash Course Literature mini-series with an examination of the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Sure, John explores the creepy biographical details of Dickinson's life, but he also gets into why her poems have...
Curated Video
A Red, Red Rose - Robert Burns Poem
"A Red, Red Rose" is a poem written in 1794 by Scotland's most famous poet Robert Burns and is written in Scots dialect. This video was made to celebrate Burns Night, which is a celebration of Robert Burns and his poetry on his birthday...
Wonderscape
Literature Kids: Rhythm, Meter, and Rhyme
This video is a lesson on poetry, specifically focusing on the topics of rhythm, meter, and rhyme. The teacher discusses the origins of poetry, the use of rhythm and meter to create a distinct sound pattern, and the different types of...
Gresham College
The Age of Tyrants: Sappho via Gounod's Opera - Professor Edith Hall
The heroine of Charles Gounods French opera Sapho (1851) sings her last aria O My Immortal Lyre on a Greek cliff before plunging to her death. Sappho, the most famous poet of the Lyric Age of Greece, in the 7th to 6th centuries BC,...
Oxford Comma
Poetic Devices Explained: ALLITERATION (Definitions, Examples, and How to Use Them).
The second video in our series on poetic devices, in this video will look at repetition at the start of words: alliteration. By using examples from famous poets as well as the breakfast aisle, we'll look at how to identify and use...
Curated Video
High Scoring IELTS Idioms for Fame and Celebrities
Today you’ll learn high-scoring idioms for fame and celebrities, common topics on IELTS. Although it doesn’t seem like an academic IELTS topic, there are often questions on IELTS related to fame. This could come up anywhere on IELTS...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Tony Connor - 'My Life'
Born in Manchester, British poet and playwright John Anthony (Tony) Connor left school at 14 and spent 26 years as a textile designer, also serving in the Royal Army. He earned an MA at the University of Manchester. With poet Robin...
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