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"A good book is the purest essence of a human soul." -Thomas Carlyle

​  The following websites are a great resource for our poetry unit. On the days that I ask you to bring a poem to class, this would be where you would start to look. These sites may also be helpful when researching your final project. ​ This website is all about poetry. You will be able to search for poems by author, tittle, subject and time period. []

This website is again all about poetry. It contains links to different websites, literature blogs, guided readings to help people interpret poetry, and an amazing search option (to find any poem). []

This is a great website if you are looking for a specific author. It contains biographies of both contemporary and historical poets. The search option is easy and will allow you to search by name, school/movement, or books. []

This is a great website for looking at the different types of poetry. It has an extensive list of the different genres of poetry. []

This website is great for anyone wanting to write poetry. It has some great information and ideas to motivate and empower any writer. []

Here's another great site on writing poetry! []

A great website of literary terms/poetic devices. []

This is a great site for anyone having trouple understanding poetry. It gives some great tips/techniques on how to not only understand the poem, but to put it into your own words. []

A great rescource for writing Haikus. It contains some background as well as specific steps/rules to writing Haikus []

This is a fantastic site for anyone looking into Haikus. It contains background as well as changes in Haiku writing over the years, as well as some basic information. []