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Open Source Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Access the complete works of William Shakespeare - all his plays, sonnets and other poetry - with a lot of interesting tools to aid in serious studies of the Bard's works. Each of the works is completely searchable. In addition, the site...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: John Keats the Poems of John Keats

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read the poems, epistles, sonnets, and fragments of John Keats. Includes a four-page introduction discussing Keats' life and career.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: The Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Clickable list to full-text examples of the sonnets and blank verse poems of this English renaissance poet.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Audio Books

For Students 9th - 10th
A special subcollection of Project Gutenberg's online book catalog: audio books, recorded by real people (there is also a computer-generated audio books collection). Currently includes 35 or so selections ranging from fairy tales,...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: The Poetics of Hip Hop

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will analyze form in Shakespearean sonnets and hip-hop music. Concepts viewed in-depth include rhythm, form, diction, and sound. [Requires QuickTime 7].
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Lit/comp

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains learning modules on the following topics: Research and MLA Foundations, Novels and Short Stories, Poetry: the Sonnet, Shakespearean Drama, Informative and Argumentative Essays,Research and MLA Review, Narrative Nonfiction,...
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 1861)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of Elizabeth Barrett Brownings poems, including the audio of "Sonnets from the Portuguese 43". Includes a short biography.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Analyzing Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on analyzing Shakespeare's works using "Midsummer Nights Dream" in the form of a downloadable PowerPoint presentation. It also provides "Tools for Analysis of Tragedy and Tragic Action" and a YouTube video...
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: John Keats (1795 1821)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of sonnets written by John Keats: "On the Sonnet," "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer," "On the Grasshopper and Cricket," "On Sitting down to Read King Lear Once Again," and others.
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Edmund Spenser

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of four sonnets from Spenser's "Amoretti" and links to five others.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Renascence and Other Poems, by Edna St. Vincent Millay

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers biographical information on Edna St. Vincent Millay, as well as the complete text of seventeen of her poems and Sonnets I-VI.
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Romeo and Juliet: Words, Poetry & Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th
In these activities, students will conduct a close linguistic exploration of the Romeo and Juliet text, which considers the central and deadly role that words play in the lovers' fate. They will also engage in broader tasks that...
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A Kisa M Ta Konpare W? Shall I Compare Thee . . .

For Students 9th - 10th
A Haitian Creole translation of the Shakespearean sonnet "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Biblioteca Del Soneto

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of sonnets by authors of Hispanic literature.
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Tramline

A Virtual Field Trip: William Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Travel on a Virtual Field Trip to learn more about William Shakespeare. You will find many deep, and thorough websites.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Oxford Book of English Verse: a.t. Quiller Couch

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compilation of various English poems. The poems are classified chronologically, alphabetically (by author), by title, and by first lines.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: 'You Kiss by the Book' Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan helps students understand how Shakespeare used the sonnet form within "Romeo and Juliet," to highlight particular dramatic moments.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: With the Same Heart, I Said, I'll Answer Thee

For Students 9th - 10th
A sonnet from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese XXXIV, "With the Same Heart, I Said, I'll Answer Thee", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Erin Mesdag and can access a...
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: John Milton to Mr. Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of John Milton's Sonnet, "To Mr. Lawrence." Includes footnotes.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Shakespeare Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only is Shakespeare famous for his plays, but for his sonnets and songs, as well. View his poems here, including "The Phoenix and the Turtle", "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day", and other sonnets.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Analyzing Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn to analyze Shakespearean comedies, tragedies, and sonnets. First use examples provided in a slideshow of A Midsummer Night's Dream to understand the process and topics included in an analysis of a comedy. Then learn to use three...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Cat Scat

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem is an example of a sonnet with a rhyme scheme with the topic that shares what a cat can hear.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem is a sonnet with the topic of "poetry" and its words.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Elizabeth Barrett Browning including a biography and the full text of two poetry collections: Aurora Leigh and Sonnets from the Portuguese.

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