National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Introduction to Modernist Poetry
Understanding the context of modernism is important for students before they analyze modernist texts themselves. To that end, this is a three-lesson curriculum unit: 1."Understanding the Context of Modernist Poetry;" 2. "Thirteen Ways of...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Write in the Middle: Workshop 3: Teaching Poetry
In Workshop 3, we see two master teachers - Vivian Johnson, who teaches eighth grade in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and Jack Wilde, a fifth-grade teacher from Hanover, New Hampshire - help their students develop as readers and writers of...
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Electronic Poetry Center
This is the website Electronic Poetry Center from the University of Pennsylvania. It offers e-poetry, blogs, author information, and more.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Lyric Poem
Explains what a lyric poem is and gives examples in modern culture. Discusses why lyric poetry is appealing, how its quality is judged, some different definitions, and how it has evolved over time. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Frost (1874 1963)
Critical analysis of numerous Frost poems by foremost literary critics like William Pritchard. This is a great resource for students learning how to analyze Frost's poetry.
University of Oxford (UK)
First World War Poetry Digital Archive: Isaac Rosenberg Collection
Read the biography of World War I poet, Isaac Rosenberg, who was able to publish poems he wrote from the trenches. Included are hyperlinks to his works, letters, and other resources.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Poetry Workshop
This site features information on a poetry workshop where students learn to "grow their poetry." The ideas are well summarized and easy to follow.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Love Poem With Toast
This four-stanza shares a poem that expresses what people want to avoid in order to enjoy life with a significant other.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Animating Poetry: Reading Poems About the Natural World
In this lesson plan, students will consider Animating Poetry: Reading Poems about the Natural World. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Death Throes of Romanticism: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
Read an essay by Joyce Carol Oates on Sylvia Plath and her poetry. Topics in this essay include: tragedy, cultural significance, and lyrical poetry. Some of the following Plath works are mentioned in this essay: "Narcissi", "Three...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Poetry: Sound and Sense
Lesson that gently encourages the teaching of poetry in "nonthreatening" ways. Stresses reading and listening, discussion, and the examination of the sound and sense of poetry.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: White Eyes
This nine-stanza poem shares a description of a bird that is preparing its winter nest.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Slow Children at Play
This poem shares the scene of children coming inside after playing outside.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Ox Cart Man
A five-stanza poem about a man who gathers potatoes, shears sheep, and makes products that he sells at market. Then he sells his cart and ox and returns home to spend the winter making a new harness and cart before repeating everything...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Radio
This multi-stanza poem describes scenarios where a radio was stolen out of a car.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Hand Shadows
This one-stanza poem describes a father demonstrating hand shadows while camping in a tent.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: A Man I Knew
This poem describes a man that the poet once knew.
The Atlantic Monthly Group
Atlantic Online: Poetry: "Man Listening to Disc" by Billy Collins
The text of Billy Collins's poem, "Man Listening to Disc" and a link to the audio of Collins reading his poem.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Harlem
Poem entitled "Harlem" is shared on this site. This poem was originally found in Langston Hughes' Collected Poems. Click on 'Related Content' for a biography of Langston Hughes.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: To a Daughter Leaving Home
This single-stanza poem expresses the thoughts regarding her daughter who is leaving her family's home.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Second Estrangement
In this poem, the author writes about the experience of getting separated from a parent while out shopping.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Walt Whitman to Langston Hughes: Poems for a Democracy
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Walt Whitman to Langston Hughes: Poems for a Democracy." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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