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This is a great tool for teachers because it allows them to search for poems by specific author, title, or theme as well as giving audio clips for many of the poems. It also has resources for both teachers and students.

This video is really cool! And there are many more like it on youtube. Essentially the videos are of pictures of poets with animated mouths. They move corresponding to the words on an audio track of the poem, so it looks like they are speaking the poetry outloud. It's a good way to listen to a poem or reading your version while listening to the audio. Perhaps the listener can also see how others would approach reading and vocalizing the poem.

High school students generally dedicate one year to speech. This is a good website that models good speakers. In addition, it provides a literary history to key figures that we will study in the classroom. This could also profit discussions on current events.