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Poets.org: Anna Akhmatova

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a brief history of the life of Anna Akhmatova. Shows a list of her works and also gives links to other sites for more information.
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Poets.org: Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very nice biography of the author of the "Alice" stories, Lewis Carroll. Also contains a selected bibliography of many of his works.
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Poets.org: "The Concrete River" by Luis J. Rodriguez

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the poem "The Concrete River" by Luis J. Rodriguez. A brief biography of Rodriguez is also provided.
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Poets.org: t.s. Eliot

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief biography of Eliot with a bibliography of his works. Of particular interest is an audio clip of Eliot reading "La Figlia Che Piange." The site also provides a basic explanation of Modernism and hyperlinks to...
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Poets.org: "Jabberwocky," by Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text for Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky." Also available here is a good biography of the author. Click on 'Lewis Carroll' to find the biography.
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Poets.org: Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief biographical overview of Edgar Allan Poe including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Poe is also provided.
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Poets.org: d.h. Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief biographical overview of D.H. Lawrence including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Lawrence is also provided.
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Poets.org: Adrienne Rich

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief biographical overview of Adrienne Rich including information on her life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Rich is also provided.
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Poets.org: Edwin Arlington Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical overview of Edwin Arlington Robinson including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Robinson is also provided.
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Poets.org: "The Idea of Ancestry" by Etheridge Knight

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of Etheridge Knight's poem, "The Idea of Ancestry."
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Poets.org: Thomas Hardy

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief biographical overview of Thomas Hardy including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Hardy is also provided.
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Poets.org: William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This brief biographical overview of William Shakespeare includes information on his life and links to selected poems and sonnets. Includes a bibliography of selected works.
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Poets.org: Anne Bradstreet

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected poems from the "Tenth Muse" as well as a brief biography and suggestions for further reading are offered here.
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Poets.org: Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about what scholars have speculated about the life of Homer, known as the author of both the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Poets.org: "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the poem "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
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Poets.org: "America" by Herman Melville

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the text of the poem "America" by Herman Melville (1819-1891 CE).
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Poets.org: "Gettysburg" by Herman Melville

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains the full text of the poem "Gettysburg" by Herman Melville. (1819-1891 CE)
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Poets.org: "Shiloh: A Requiem," by Herman Melville

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the text for the poem "Shiloh: A Requiem" by Herman Melville (1819-1891 CE).
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Poets.org: "The Sphinx" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the poem "The Sphinx" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
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Poets.org: "The Problem" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the poem "The Problem" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1802-1882).
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Poets.org: National Poetry Month

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
April is National Poetry Month. Find all the resources you need to celebrate poetry in your classroom, including a new activity for each day, a poster for the current year plus archives of previous posters, and teacher resources that...
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Poets.org: A Backward Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents the full text to Walt Whitman's essay, "A Backward Glance." In addition to the full length essay, links are provided for related prose.
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Poets.org: Poetry in Translation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Wonderful multicultural/diversity poetry unit created by a Queens high school teacher. Students explore poetry from different cultures, including their own (in English and/or their native language).
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge His of Eng and Am Lit: Place of Emerson in Amer Letters

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This chapter from vol. XV of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is the starting point of an extensive resource for students who wish to study the life and works of this major American literary figure. Includes...

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