University of North Carolina
Poetry Explications
Explication may sound like a fancy word, but it's just a fancy way to say analysis. Using a handout on poetry explications, part of a larger series on specific writing assignments, writers learn how to break down and analyze a poem. The...
University of North Carolina
Literature (Fiction)
An informative installment of the Writing for Specific Fields series helps readers learn how to interpret and write about fiction. The website details nine easy steps for writing a literary analysis—a useful method for all readers!
University of North Carolina
Art History
Art analysis might help uncover some of life's most puzzling questions, such as the mystery behind Mona Lisa's smile. The handout, from the Writing for Specific Fields series, is particularly useful for those interested in pursuing art...
Library of Congress
Loc: Making Connections Through Poetry
Why not assign a creative project through which students analyze historical documents and share their understanding through poetry and art? All of the resources for this project (documents, images, and examples of famous poems) are...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing, Reading, and Understanding Poetry
This tutorial focuses on different aspects of poetry: definitions, types of poetry with examples, and how to read, write, and analyze poetry. It includes three videos: a YouTube video of "El Guante" performing a free verse poem, a...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Stanley Kunitz
A biographical sketch of Kunitz, an article by him, and an analysis of several of his works. Also provides a picture.
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130
This analysis begins with a paraphrase of the poem and a glossary of unfamiliar terms. There follows a brief, clear analysis of the poem which focuses on Shakespeare's twist on conventional sonnet imagery.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Selecting Topics for Literary Analysis
A series of three PDF documents providing definitions of commonly used terms when preparing to write a literary analysis, explaining how to comment on a literary text, and demonstrating the process of analyzing the literary text "Hills...
Other
Middle school.net: Shakespeare Analysis & Slide Show
Check out this informative site featuring an analysis of Shakespeare. The objective of this activity is for students to analyze a sonnet and present their findings via slide show. This lesson integrates technology into the curriculum.
British Library
British Library: Love and Valour in India's Great Epic
Explore the epic story of Ramayana, one of the most significant pieces of literature in the Hindu culture. The British Library offered an exhibit of the tale in 2008, but the data is still available online.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Richard Wilbur
Read Richard Wilbur's biography and several commentaries about him.
Other
Emily Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death
This site provides an abstract and the text for an article which appeared in "Explicator." The article provides the text and a line-by-line analysis of the poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson. Provides references...
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The Wondering Minstrels
The Wondering Minstrels website provides a poem a day, complete with analysis, criticism, biographical information, literary anecdotes, trivia, and our own skewed sense of humor. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.10a/b Text...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: On "From the Dark Tower"
The Harlem Renaissance poem "From the Dark Tower" by Countee Cullen along with an analysis of the poem.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Sexton: Chronology, Biography, Review of Poems
This site offers a chronology, a bibliography, and a biography on her career. It also has a review of the following poems: HER KIND, THE TRUTH THE DEAD KNOW, ONE FOR MY DAME, as well as a picture of Sexton.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Randall Jarrell 1914 1965
A wonderful source on Randall Jarrell. There is an extensive biography, plus excerpts of letters Jarrell wrote about army life during WWII. Critics discuss Jarrell's following works: "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner", "2nd Air...
Other
On "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Acclaimed literary critic Dana Gioia analyzes Longfellow's classic narrative poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," encouraging readers to see beyond the story into the rationale for the structure and style of the poem.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Gary Snyder
This site from the University of Illinois contains great information on Gary Snyder. The information is presented in a link format with links to various topics, such as: biography, chronology, online interviews, online poems, and on...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Stanley Kunitz
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...
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: Poems by Seamus Heaney: Study Guide
A study guide with biographical information about poet Seamus Heaney as well as a brief analysis of several of his poems including "Storm on the Island," "Perch," "Blackberry-picking," "Death of a Naturalist," "Digging," "Mid-Term...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Theodore Roethke (1906 1963)
Six reviews on Roethke's following works: "Cuttings," "Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schartz", "The Flight"(from "The Lost Son"), "I Knew a Woman," and "North American Sequence."
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks
A rich resource, this site offers biographical, critical and historical information related to Brooks and her work.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa
This is a link to two interviews of Komunyakaa: on poetry and on the heritage of jazz for African American poets. There is a commentary on "Tu Do Street". There are several links to other Komunyakaa sites.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Kirjasto: Kobayashi Issa
This site provides both biographical information and some analysis of Issa's work. Links to significant names.
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