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Poetry
on the Internet |
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Major collection
of links to poetry on line,
recordings of poets reading
their work, Ted Hughes,
Coleridge, John Donne,
Blake, Swinburne, WW1 poetry,
journals, glossary, and
criticism. |
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Techniques |
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Full
scale introduction
to analysing
poetry - figures
of speech; rhyme,
rhythm and metre;
structure; tone;
and types of
poems - all with
short tests.
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Poetry
lessons |
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Web
site with lessons,
tests, and explanations
of poetry and
its techniques.
It has teachers'
lesson plans
and a good little
quiz. Some rough
edges, but worth
a look.
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Narrative |
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Narrative |
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Basic
definition, plus
some examples
- with short
questions and
answers in pop-up
boxes.
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The
Rime of the
Ancient Mariner -
electronic
text |
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Full
text of the poem,
plus revised
version - with
some hyperlinks
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Understanding
the poem |
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Andrew
Moore's study
guide to understanding
the poem - with
suggestions
for classroom
activity.
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Sonnets
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Sonnet
Central |
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Archive
of sonnets written
in English. Includes
Shakespeare,
Romantics, Victorians,
WW1, quiz games,
criticism, and
audio recordings
of readings.
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Haiku
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Haiku |
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Explanation,
examples, and
pictures.
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Haiku
for People |
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Old
and new examples,
'How To' instructions,
Web links, and
references.
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Lyric
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Lyric |
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Explanation,
examples analysed,
and short tests.
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More
on lyric poetry |
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Lots
of poems explained
and analysed
at Andrew Moore's
excellent web
site.
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Pre-1914:
Blake
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William
Blake's Poems |
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Explanations
of the best-known
poems - plus
revision notes.
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William
Blake Online |
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Biography
of Blake, illustrations
of the poems,
historical background,
and interactive
game. Excellent
site.
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Pre-1914:
Coleridge
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Coleridge
Website |
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Explanation
of the poem,
discussion of
the supernatural,
and imagery.
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The
Rime of the
Ancient Mariner -
electronic
text |
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Full
text of the poem
- but watch out
for some odd
web links.
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Pre-1914:
Wordsworth
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William
Wordsworth
Website |
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Illustrated
guided tour and
history of Wordsworth's
home in the Lake
District.
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William
Wordsworth
Poems |
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Introduction
to Wordsworth's
poems and themes
- plus notes
on other Romantic
poets.
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Tutorial
on Wordsworth's And
in the frosty
season |
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Background
notes and tutorial
topics on this
poem - plus poems
of Auden and
Yeats.
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Post-1914:
Sassoon
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Siegfried
Sassoon Website |
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Fan
site, with biographical
notes, poems,
and pictures.
War as noble
enterprise, and
war as waste.
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Background
to the First
World War |
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History,
pictures, maps,
diaries, letters,
interviews, and
newsreel movies
- everything
you need is here.
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Paintings
from the First
World War |
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Paintings
by British, German,
and French artists
- plus historical
notes
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Introduction
to First World
war Poetry |
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Historical
background, plus
tutorial notes
on Wilfred Owen,
Siegfried Sassoon,
Rupert Brooke,
and Edward Thomas.
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Post-1914:
Owen
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Wilfred
Owen Website |
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Life
history, pictures,
web links, poems
and commentaries.
Particularly
good for pictures
of the manuscripts,
with corrections.
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Background
to the First
World War |
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History,
pictures, maps,
diaries, letters,
interviews, and
newsreel movies
- everything
you need is here.
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Introduction
to First World
war Poetry |
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Historical
background, plus
tutorial notes
on Wilfred Owen,
Siegfried Sassoon,
Rupert Brooke,
and Edward Thomas.
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Post-1914:
Auden
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Night
Mail -
the text |
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Tutorial
notes on Night
Mail
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"Night
mail" |
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Tutorial
notes on Night
Mail
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Post-1914:
Heaney
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Seamus
Heaney Website |
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Listen
to Heaney reading
some of his poems
- plus biographical
notes and his
Nobel Prize lecture.
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Tutorial
notes on Seamus
Heaney |
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Background
notes, analyses
of poems, themes,
language, imagery
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