ela5-Poetry

Poetry

 * Famous Poets**
 * Shakespeare - [[file:mtsd-ls8/Pyramus-and-Thisby.pdf|Pyramus-and-Thisby.pdf]]
 * Biographical Information about Shakespeare
 * [|Shakespeare Biography] at [|No Sweat Shakespeare]
 * [|10 Ways to Be a Shakespeare expert] from [|Shakespeare for Kids]
 * The Language of Shakespeare
 * Reading Shakespeare's plays: [|Unusual word arrangement] | [|Omissions and Unusual Words] | [|An online Shakespearean glossary] | [|A reading log] |
 * Talk like an Elizabethan: [|A word list of archaic (old fashioned) terms] - many that Shakespeare would have used.
 * [|Wordle of Pyramus and Thisbe]
 * Edgar Allan Poe ( [|Poe biography] from our textbook's website)
 * [|Edgar Allan Poe Society] of Baltimore, Maryland
 * [|The Museum of Edgar Allan Poe] in Richmond, Virginia
 * [|Edgar Allan Poe biography] at Poets.org
 * The Raven
 * Quiz yourself on [|The Raven - vocabulary]
 * Summary of //The Raven//: [|a brief summary] | [|a very detailed summary]
 * Study The Raven's [|rhyme and meter] (meter=rhythm) | See also, [|Rhythm and Meter in Poetry]
 * [|Knowing Poe: Annotated Poe]
 * [|The Interactive Raven] (vocabulary, alliteration, assonance, internal rhymes)
 * [|The Raven Study Guide] (setting, theme, word choice)
 * [|The Raven: Rhyme, Form and Mete] r (good overview of stanza one)
 * [|The Raven] (The Simpsons) and [|The Raven] (Tiny Toons: Sweetie)
 * [|The Vulture] (Parodying Poe)
 * Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer
 * [|Casey at the Bat] - at MLB
 * [|Casey at the Bat] - recited by Jackie Gleason
 * [|Casey at the Bat] - a unique performance by Penn and Teller
 * The [|Casey at the Bat Poster Project] - the poem in baseball cards
 * [|Scientific Method at the Bat] by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
 * See also, [|Who's on First?] by Abbott and Costello


 * QuickLinks**
 * [|Online poetry resources from our textbook]
 * [|Poems for Teens] from [|Poetry.org]
 * Mr. Diener's [|YouTube Poetry Playlist]


 * Literary Concepts**
 * [|Brief Guide to Words Used in Discussing the Sounds of Poetry] - including interactive exercises
 * [|virtuaLit]: Elements of Poetry - Interactive Poetry Tutorial
 * An Introduction to [|Iambic Pentameter] - includes excerpt from Pyramus and Thisby


 * Sites to Use for Poetry Presentation**
 * [|Poets] - includes poems sorted into categories
 * [|Poetry Foundation]
 * [|Famous Poems and Poets]


 * Writing Poetry**
 * Haiku
 * Creative Writing Now: [|How to Write a Haiku Poem]
 * National Geographic: [|On the Poet's Trail - Matsuo Basho], haiku master
 * WikiHow: [|How to write a haiku poem]
 * [|Writing Poetry]
 * [|RhymeZone] (rhymes, synonyms, definitions, etc.)