Instructional Video7:04
Oxford Comma

Love Poem or Insulting: My Misstress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun

9th - 12th
Scholars debate what exactly Shakespeare meant when he wrote these famous words in his mysterious sonnets. For some, including my wife, it's the greatest love poem of all time. For others, it's one big burn. We'll try to answer that...
Instructional Video19:56
Schooling Online

English Essentials - Perfecting Poetry - Purpose, Form and Structure (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)

3rd - Higher Ed
Why do poets play with poetic form? How does it help them convey their ideas?

Join us as we delve into a range of poetic forms and stanzaic structures. Find out why some poets stick to traditional poetic structures, while others...
Instructional Video10:45
Oxford Comma

Counting our Own Hours: When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be

9th - 12th
Because he died so young, Keats' poetry is often read biographically. Readers usually come to the consensus that his death at 25 years of age robbed the world of one of its greatest writers. And Keats certainly thought his early death...
Instructional Video10:39
Oxford Comma

Shakespeare's Greatest Love Poem: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

9th - 12th
In today's video we'll be looking at a reading, summary, and analysis of William Shakespeare's sonnet 116: "Let me not to the marriage of true minds." Through this close reading we'll look at what love is, is not, and how true love endures.
Instructional Video8:44
Oxford Comma

How to Write About Poetry: I Shall Forget You Presently

9th - 12th
Poetry explications are one of the ultimate tests for any literature student. How do you conceive and defend an argument about a poem using nothing but the poem itself? This video shows you how to interpret, listen to, question, and...
Instructional Video8:05
Advocate of Wordz

SONNETS - Poetry Defined

9th - 12th
Let's demystify and define one of poetry's most popular forms, The Sonnet!. From its origins to structure and evolution, this may become your favorite style if it isn't already.
Instructional Video14:10
Odd Quartet

Music History - Listening Guide To Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Spring

9th - 12th
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian composer of the Baroque era and was very well known during his time as a performer and a teacher. One of the types of music that he like to compose was called “concerto”. A concerto is a type of composition...
News Clip8:35
Curated Video

New Kia Sonet night driving experience: Most hi-tech compact SUV?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You have seen the review video of the 2024 Kia Sonet, so here is what the SUV looks like at night time. With its new crown jewel LED DRLs, LED headlamps and the connected LED taillamp unit, the Sonet is certainly one of the...
Instructional Video
Favorite Poem Project

The Favoite Poem Project: "Sonnet 29" by William Shakespeare

9th - 10th
In this video episode [5:06] from Favorite Poem Project, Daniel McCall, a retired anthropologist from Boston, describes himself and explains how William Shakespeare's poem entitled "Sonnet 29" helps him reflect on his childhood when his...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Literature #304: Shakespeare's Sonnets

9th - 10th
This video [12:27] focuses on Shakespeare's Sonnets. We're learning about sonnets, and English Literature's best-known purveyor of those fourteen-line paeans, William Shakespeare. We'll look at a few of his biggest hits, including Sonnet...
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Analyze the Impact of Words and Phrases in a Poem

11th - 12th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the relationship between two characters by analyzing the impact of specific actions and phrases on the meaning of the text as a whole. [6:28]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Parody

9th - 10th
This lesson introduces parody in writing.