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About the Sonnet - 0 views

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    Maintained by the Modern American Poetry website, this page explains what traditional a sonnet is.
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Brooks' 'The Bean Eaters': Poverty Sonnet - 0 views

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    Author Linda Sue Grimes argues that Brooks' poem "The Bean Eaters" is a variation on the sonnet. Read her comments and see what you think.


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American Experience | The Murder of Emmett Till - 0 views

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    Companion site to the PBS American Experience documentary "The Murder of Emmett Till"
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Untitled Document - 0 views

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    Brooks' poem "A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi, Meanwhile, A Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon" and "The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till" plus introductory material
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On "We Real Cool" - 0 views

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    Read this page for a short interview with Brooks about "We Real Cool" as well as other commentary.
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Gwendolyn Brooks' Life and Career - 0 views

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    Read this biography of Gwendolyn Brooks provided by the Modern American Poetry website and originally published in The Oxford Companion to African-American Literature.
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For a Fatherless Son - 0 views

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    Please read this copy of Plath's poem "For a Fatherless Son" posted on this website by a fan of her work.
  • professor gill
     
    Please read this copy of Plath's poem "For a Fatherless Son" posted on this website by a fan of her work.
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Stings - 0 views

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    Please read this copy of Plath's poem "Stings" posted on this website by a fan of her work.
  • professor gill
     
    Please read this copy of Plath's poem "Stings" posted on this website by a fan of her work.
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On "Stings" - 0 views

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    Confused by "Stings"? See if any of this discussion from the Modern American Poetry website helps.
  • professor gill
     
    Confused by "Stings"? See if any of this discussion from the Modern American Poetry website helps.
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Sylvia Plath: "Fever 103º" by Kary Wayson : The Poetry Foundation [article] - 0 views

  • professor gill
     
    Read this page for an interpretation of "Fever 103 [degrees]".

    I also encourage you to listen to the podcast linked on the right side of the page. You can listen to the author of this commentary talk about the poem, and listen to Plath read the poem herself.
  • professor gill
     
    Read this page for an interpretation of "Fever 103 [degrees]".

    I also encourage you to listen to the podcast linked on the right side of the page. You can listen to the author of this commentary talk about the poem, and listen to Plath read the poem herself.
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Fever 103° by Sylvia Plath : Poem Guide : Learning Lab : The Poetry Foundation - 0 views

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    For an annotated version of Plath's "Fever 103 [degrees]" visit this page.
  • professor gill
     
    For an annotated version of Plath's "Fever 103 [degrees]" visit this page.
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Fever 103° by Sylvia Plath : Poetry Magazine [poem/magazine] : Find Poems and Poe... - 0 views

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    Read Plath's poem "Fever 103 [degrees]" on this page maintained by the Poetry Foundation. You can also listen Plath read it by clicking the link to the right of the poem.
  • professor gill
     
    Read Plath's poem "Fever 103 [degrees]" on this page maintained by the Poetry Foundation. You can also listen Plath read it by clicking the link to the right of the poem.
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On "Lady Lazarus" - 0 views

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    Want to know more about "Lady Lazarus"? Try these excerpts from scholars collected by the Modern American Poetry website.
  • professor gill
     
    Want to know more about "Lady Lazarus"? Try these excerpts from scholars collected by the Modern American Poetry website.
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Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discove... - 0 views

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    Read Plath's poem "Lady Lazarus" on this page maintained by the Poetry Foundation.
  • professor gill
     
    Read Plath's poem "Lady Lazarus" on this page maintained by the Poetry Foundation.
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Anne Sexton's Life - 0 views

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    Please read this biography of Anne Sexton written by Linda Wagner-Martin and maintained by "Modern American Poetry: An Online Journal and Multimedia Companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry," published by Oxford University Press.
  • professor gill
     
    Please read this biography of Anne Sexton written by Linda Wagner-Martin and maintained by "Modern American Poetry: An Online Journal and Multimedia Companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry," published by Oxford University Press.
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http://sprayberry.tripod.com/poems/howl.txt - 0 views

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    A clean copy of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"-- read the entire poem
  • professor gill
     
    A clean copy of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"-- read the entire poem
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LitKicks: Howl - 0 views

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    This page from Levi Asher's site gives some background on "Howl" and events surrounding its publication
  • professor gill
     
    This page from Levi Asher's site gives some background on "Howl" and events surrounding its publication
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Literary Kicks : Allen Ginsberg - 0 views

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    Read Levi Asher's biography of Allen Ginsberg from the Literary Kicks website.
  • professor gill
     
    Read Levi Asher's biography of Allen Ginsberg from the Literary Kicks website.
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uw-madison writing center writer's handbook - 0 views

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    This page offers ideas about reading poetry and is maintained by the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

    Some of the suggestions might not work for our course (like reading "with a pencil in your hand") but you get the general idea, and you can "mark it up" in digital ways as well.

    This is the end of the Week One Syllabus list.
  • professor gill
     
    This page offers ideas about reading poetry and is maintained by the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

    Some of the suggestions might not work for our course (like reading "with a pencil in your hand") but you get the general idea, and you can "mark it up" in digital ways as well.

    This is the end of the Week One Syllabus list.
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A Short Guide to Reading Poetry - 0 views

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    Read these suggestions about reading poetry from Prof. Andrew Higgins at Louisiana Technical University.
  • professor gill
     
    Read these suggestions about reading poetry from Prof. Andrew Higgins at Louisiana Technical University.
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