Poets "Caedmon's Hymn" to e e cummings
Lesson plans and teaching resources
"Caedmon's Hymn"
Listen to the poem in Old English. Requires MP3 software for access.
John Ciardi
Brief biography and text of "White Heron," "Suburban," and "Men Marry What They Need."
John Clare
Lesson plans and teaching resources.
Gillian Clarke
Teaching resources for "Catrin," "Cold Knap Lake," and "The Field Mouse." Don't miss the videos.
Lucille Clifton
Links to lesson plans and other teaching resources.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ideas for teaching "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and other works.
Billy Collins
Lesson plans and teaching resources.
Stephen Crane
Links to poetry and prose, teaching ideas.
1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions
this unit plan has 5 activities. In the second one, students use Walt Whitman's
Song of Myself
(1855) and Hart Crane's
The Bridge
to examine the historical context of poetry, analyze American life at the turn of the 20th century, and explore poetic technique.
"Any Human to Another" by Countee Cullen
Writing prompt and assessment rubric. Access requires MS-Word or compatible application.
Countee Cullen
Brief biography and text of "Yet Do I Marvel," "Tableau," "Incident," and "To John Keats, Poet, at Spring Time."
"Yet Do I Marvel" vocabulary
16 words from the poem presented in context and with definitions. Click on a word for pronunciation, synonyms, examples of use, more.
e e cummings
Links to poems, lesson ideas.