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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Oxford Book of English Verse: a.t. Quiller Couch

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compilation of various English poems. The poems are classified chronologically, alphabetically (by author), by title, and by first lines.
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Sonnet Central

General Survey of the American Sonnet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from The Sonnet in American Literature (1930). It includes links to the sonnets of E. A. Robinson as well as to many other poets and their works.
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: James Russell Lowell

For Students 9th - 10th
This Sonnet Central site provides the texts to six of James Russell Lowell's sonnets: "Love", "Love and Sorrow", "The Street", "Jeffries Wyman", "To a Friend", and "To Miss D.T.".
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: John Keats (1795 1821)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of sonnets written by John Keats: "On the Sonnet," "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer," "On the Grasshopper and Cricket," "On Sitting down to Read King Lear Once Again," and others.
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Biblioteca Del Soneto

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of sonnets by authors of Hispanic literature.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: John Donne

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on John Donne and his sonnets. It features three of his sonnets: Holy Sonnet VII: "At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners," Holy Sonnet X: "Death, Be Not Proud," and "The Bait," which is a reply to Christopher...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: John Keats the Poems of John Keats

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read the poems, epistles, sonnets, and fragments of John Keats. Includes a four-page introduction discussing Keats' life and career.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Music From the Ashes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a self-guided learning unit on the topic of poetry. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, learning activities, and related literature. Learn how to analyze poetry, appreciate figurative language, and...
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Other

The Confederation Poets: Bliss Carman (1861 1929)

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource on Confederation poet Bliss Carman. This site provides numerous primary texts and essays on Carman's writing style.
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 1834)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read sonnets by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "Work without hope," and "One a Discovery Made Too Late." Page links to an introductory essay.
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Romeo and Juliet: Words, Poetry & Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th
In these activities, students will conduct a close linguistic exploration of the Romeo and Juliet text, which considers the central and deadly role that words play in the lovers' fate. They will also engage in broader tasks that...
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University at Buffalo

Univ. At Buffalo: Circle Association's Rita Dove Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the University at Buffalo is still under construction for a mini biography and bibliography. However, site does have an interview of Rita Dove from 1997 and thirteen writings or poems by Dove. Links to other African American...
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Rossetti Archive: Digital Scholarship With Wombattitude

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive archive of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's writings and paintings. This hypermedia archive contains detailed information on the life and works of this famous man.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This well-organized site offers a useful discussion of all phases of his life and work. Suggested motivation and influences of the author's work. Includes critical discussion of several popular poems.
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania website from contains a chapter from "The Oxford Book of English Verse" that contains several poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poetry includes, "River-spirits," "A softer voice," "Bird-spirit," "Grief," "A Musical...
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Toronto site contains links to selected poetry of John Milton. The poems also contain notations.

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