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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Golden Treasury of Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in Eng Lang

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Electronic text of Thomas Palgrave's book, "The Golden Treasury: Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language". There are several ways to find the poem that you want to study: by author, by title, by first line, and by...
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Lexiconic.net: Elements of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...
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On "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Acclaimed literary critic Dana Gioia analyzes Longfellow's classic narrative poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," encouraging readers to see beyond the story into the rationale for the structure and style of the poem.
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Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Epic of Gilgamesh

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth essay exploring the Epic of Gilgamesh and its history.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Students will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were made and...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Philip Pullman's Introduction to Paradise Lost

For Students 9th - 10th
Philip Pullman first read Paradise Lost as a schoolboy and was dazzled by the sound of its poetry as he and his classmates read it aloud. Since then, he has become fascinated by Milton's tremendous powers of storytelling, and how he...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Ludovico Ariosto

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography on this Italian poet is thorough and contains a selected bibliography.
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University of North Carolina: Glossary of Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is provided for by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Over forty literary terms defined by college students, each with thorough examples.
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Author's Calendar: Endre Ady

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The student will find this to be a very brief narrative of the life of Endre Ady, poet journalist and short story writer. Several excerpts from poems by this Hungarian writer can also be found.

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