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Worksheet
Curated OER

Poetry Analysis: Dolphins, Pole, Dog

For Students 5th - 6th
In this poetry analysis worksheet, students read three poems about dolphins, the North Pole, and a dog. Students analyze the poems in the 6 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Analysis of Frost's poem The Road Not Taken

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read and analyze the Robert Frost poem, "The Road Not Taken." They identify the meter and rhyme, describe the purpose, and write a paragraph about what kind of job they plan to have and why they have chosen it
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Haunted Houses"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read and analyze Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Haunted Houses." They define key vocabulary terms, discuss the poem's technical aspects, and create an original poem about a haunted house or a haunted place.
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Curated OER

Focus Story: The Mitten

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by analyzing a story with their classmates. In this poetry identification lesson, students read the book The Mittens and identify the characters, plot and settings in the story. Students recite poems about...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Wife of Bath's Tale Assignment

For Students 4th - 5th
In this poetry analysis worksheet, students read the poem "Wife of Bath's Tale" and analyze the literary elements within the poem.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where in the World?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research online various types of poetry. For this poetry analysis lesson, 6th graders research different types of poetry online, their characteristics, and poets. Students create a class atlas that incorporates the seven...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Editing Emily's Way: An Exercise in Diction and Its Implications

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the diction in her poetry. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the diction in the poems. Students journal about the poetry and rewrite their own...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Poetry

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine the rhyme scheme of a poem and find examples of similes. In this poetry analysis lesson, students review definitions needed for the topic and analyze the rhyme or rhythm for the example poems. Students also find...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parents and Teen Hardships

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners analyze the cause and effects of fading traditions and explore the parent teen relationships through poetry. In this past analysis lesson, students complete a cause and effect worksheet about a related movie. Learners free write...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad: From Painting to Poem

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze Edward Hopper's painting and Hirsch's poem to explore the types of emotion generated by each work. In this literary and art analysis instructional activity, students discuss how Hopper establishes tone and analyze...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creative Writing and Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars read and analyze poems by Li Po and Wang Wei. They answer discussion questions, identify the elements of the poems, examine and discuss Chinese landscape paintings, write an original poem, and write a comparison/contrast...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry as a Means of Redemption and Reflection

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read poetry for homework and discuss it during class. They participate in poetry readings and decide who the speakers are in the poems.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Introduction to Modernist Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Unit Plan
City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Melani: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage is a handout for a course on Emily Dickinson's poetry. It features information about Dickinson's life, her poems, her style, and her themes including: the inner world; death; pain, separation, and ecstasy; love; God and...
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Unit Plan
City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Melani: Emily Dickinson: Death

For Students 9th - 10th
This is Emily Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for Death" followed by an analysis of the poem.
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Activity
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Poetry Analysis Tp Castt [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-page PDF includes a Poetry Analysis format using the acronym TP--CASTT. It explains how to evaluate a poem. It is followed by the blank form for students to use when analyzing a poetry.
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Rubric
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Visual Essay [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF is a visual essay assignment in which students create a visual presentation of a choice of poems read previously. It must be planned, organized, and created in such a way that it reflects the meaning of the poem.
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost: Analysis [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a two-page PDF of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost with analysis including rhyme scheme and poetic devices. It also offers a list of websites for further analysis.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Analyzing Poetry [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains how to analyze a poem for its subject, narrator, tone, diction, and more. "Open" and "closed" poems are defined. Explanation are provided for "metrical feet" and "rhyme scheme" in poetry. William Shakespeare's "My...
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Frost (1874 1963)

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Stanley Kunitz

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch of Kunitz, an article by him, and an analysis of several of his works. Also provides a picture.
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Activity
Other

National Library of Ireland: Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats

For Students 9th - 10th
This video masterclass offered through the Yeats Collection from the National Library of Ireland gives insight into William Butler Yeats and his writing of "Sailing to Byzantium." Requires a broadband internet connection. You can also...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Conversation With Stanley Kunitz

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview by Elizabeth Farnsworth with Stanley Kunitz, shortly after he was named poet laureate of the United States. In the course of the interview, Kunitz reads some of his poetry, and talks about what inspires his poetry.
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Stanley Kunitz

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Stanley Kunitz, who was known not only for his poetry, but for his unfailing support of young poets. This site includes the texts of several of his poems, as well as transcripts of several interviews and critical...