Poetry

Papa is a Poet

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When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet.

Author:

Natalie S. Bober

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:15

Papa is a Poet

Modern American poetry

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A collection of scholarly essays written by various authors critically analyzing the most prominent pieces of modern American poetry. Addresses the major themes shared by the different poets and poems discussed. Includes a chronological timeline highlighting significant moments in the history of American poetry.

Modern American poetry

Maya Angelou

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A collection of essays on Maya Angelou's poetry focusing on her as an African-American poet and includes an analysis of her themes.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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A long poem in which a sailor recounts the terrible fate that befell his ship when he shot down an albatross.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

From the House of Yemanjá

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Poem by Audre Lorde.

My Last Duchess

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Poem by Robert Browning

Freedom

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Poem by Rabindranath Tagore.

In This Blind Alley

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Poem by Ahmad Shamlu, written in 1979 after the Revolution in Iran.

Raleigh Was Right

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William Carlos Williams' poetic response to the exchange between Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh.

The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd

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Sir Walter Raleigh's poetic response to Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

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