Curated OER
Marriage of Visual and Thematic Aspects of Herbert's Poetry
Eighth graders study the visual aspects of poetry and write a poem using the white space to form a poem into the shape of a plus sign.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century People: Sylvia Plath
Read a summary of Sylvia Plath's impact on 20th Century literature and view additional resources such as related articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 20th Century and Modern Poetry: World War I
This lesson from a unit on 20th Century and Modern Poetry focuses on World War I and war poetry that resulted from the disillusionment and cynicism due to the high casualties and devastation. It features links to the Causes of World War...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Brit Lit: 20th Century Postmodernism: William Butler Yeats
This lesson from a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism, focuses on the poet William Butler Yeats. It provides links to hit biography, a virtual tour of Yeats' life and works, and two poems. Students are asked to respond to two questions...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century People: Wilfred Owen
Read a summary of Wilfred Owen's impact on 20th Century war poetry and view additional resources such as related articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters
In these activities, students will consider Ted Hughes as a poet and a person, as well as some of the literary and personal influences on his writing. They will explore some of his poems in the draft and published form, exploring the...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: T S Eliot's the Waste Land
Through close reading of "The Waste Land" in its original manuscript form, students will explore how the poem evolved in the process of editing. By reading contemporary letters and reviews, students will be guided towards a more informed...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: Birthday Letters
'Birthday Letters', a collection of 88 poems by the British poet Ted Hughes, revolves around Hughes's relationship with the American poet Sylvia Plath. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items,...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" is a book of comic verse by the American modernist poet T.S. Eliot. Read an overview of these poems and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: Ariel
'Ariel' is a posthumously published collection of poetry by the American poet Sylvia Plath. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: Anthem for Doomed Youth
'Anthem for Doomed Youth' is a poem by the British poet Wilfred Owen, drafted at Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh in 1917. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: Dulce Et Decorum Est
'Dulce et Decorum Est' is a poem by the British poet Wilfred Owen, drafted at Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh in 1917. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
City University of New York
Cuny: Dorothy Parker Rothschild
This biography of 20th century poet Dorothy Parker discusses the many tragedies that impacted her life and the wit that made her writing famous.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Rita Dove
This site houses a brief biography of the 20th-century poet Rita Dove, a native of Akron, Ohio.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Gary Soto
This site, part of the official site of the Academy of American Poets, provides an overview of Gary Soto's life and career.
Other
Twentieth Century Poetry in English
The work of many major poets can be reached through links at this site. Includes biographical information on poets and many works.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Stephen Vincent Benet
A short biography of poet Stephen Vincent Benet with links to many of his poems, including "John Brown's Body".
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Poet Who Painted With His Words
Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there's an early 20th century great poet whose name you may not know: Guillaume Apollinaire. Genevieve Emy...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Ezra Pound
This is a very good site from the Academy of American Poets about Ezra Pound. The site houses a biography of the poet, a selected bibliography of his work, as well as links to full texts of several of his well known works.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Online Companion
A site that lists syllabi, biographies, and criticism of many American poets of the 20th century.
W. W. Norton
Norton Anthology: Twentieth Century Topics
Explore the world of Twentieth Century British literature through this informative site. Find out how and why Georgian and Modernism movements developed. Includes a quiz.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Naomi Shihab Nye
Short biography of Naomi Shihab Nye, including a picture, three of her poems, and a link to the "Minnows" homepage.
Emory University
Emory University: Lost Poets of the Great War
This marvelous site offers a chronology of WWI, an assessment of its cost to society, and links to such poets as Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen. Has a plethora of information on the war.
Other
Nebraska Center for Writers: Weldon Kees
Weldon Kees (1914-1955?) was not only an important minor poet of the mid-20th century American literary scene, he was also a fiction writer, playwright, cultural critic and impresario, filmmaker and photographer, abstract expressionist...