Read Works
Read Works: "Ozymandias"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Percy Shelley about the ruins of a statue found in the desert. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Song Vii"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Rabindranath Tagore about writing a poem. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Emily Dickinson about death, time, and eternity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: How to Write a Poem
Discover how to write a poem when you use this site. This site offers insight into how to write a simple form of a poem through interactive activities.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
A learning module that begins with Thomas Gray's poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
A learning module that begins with Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Glittering Noise
A learning module that begins with a poem called "The Glittering Noise" by Denise Levertov accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Eserver
E Server: Poetry Collection: Shakespeare: Sonnet 64
The text of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 64.
Eserver
E Server: Poetry Collection: Shakespeare: Sonnet 71
The text of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 71.
New York Times
New York Times: Books: Randall Jarrell: How a Poetry Critic Becomes Loved
The New York Times on the Web features an essay about Jarrell written by Richard Eder called: "Randall Jarrell: How a Poetry Critic Becomes Loved".
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
This is the original, online text of the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "To (Time's Sea Hath Been Five Years)" by John Keats
This is the original, online text of the poem "To_ (Time's Sea Hath Been Five Years at It's Slow Ebb)" by John Keats, written to his fiancee, Fanny Brawne.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Learning to Read" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
A learning module that begins with the poem "Learning to Read" by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Knock Knock" by Daniel Beaty
A learning module that begins with the poem "Knock Knock" by Daniel Beaty, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Mother to Son
A learning module that begins with "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Love and Friendship
A learning module that begins with the poem "Love and Friendship" by Emily Bronte, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: No Images
A learning module that begins with the poem "No Images" by William Waring Cuney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:"house by the Railroad": A Painting and a Poem for the Classroom
In this lesson plan, learners will consider Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad: From Painting to Poem. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Mothers
A learning module that begins with "Mothers" by Nikki Giovanni, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Producing Poetic Podcasts (Hey, That's Alliteration!)
In this culminating instructional activity for a poetry unit, students will create a video podcast that summarizes a specific poem, analyzes the poet's use of literary elements, and infers the meaning of the poem (theme). The podcast...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Print and Perception
Margaret Cavendish and Katherine Philips both wrote across a range of genres and achieved considerable success in their day. This article explores their different approaches to the difficulties of being a 17th-century female writer.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: A Look at Judith Leyster
Students will identify clues and adjectives to describe Judith Leyster's personality and then develop and refine her characterizations through poetry writing. Using Leyster's monogram as their inspiration, they will then shift the focus...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
This site offers a biography of Goethe, a brief discussion of his most famous work, "Faust," and a list of the many versions of this work. Also includes a bibliography.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Books and Writers: Virgil Biography and Quotes
A detailed biography of the ancient Roman writer Virgil complemented by selected quotes from his works. Also provides a bibliography.