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Activity 1
Click this link to review a brief introduction to poetry.
Authored by: Tom Chester. Provided by: Ivy Tech Community College. License: CC BY: Attribution
Activity 3
Click this link for a helpful and insightful article on the American Academy of Poets, “How to Read a Poem”
Activity 4
Please watch this short video, which explains the difference between English and Italian sonnets and discusses common themes that are usually the subject of these highly structured poems.
Activity 5
Click here for an interactive reading of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.”
Click here for a reading of the sonnet by the British actress Lorna Laidlaw
This link presents the same sonnet on the Poets.org website.
Activity 6
Click this link to access Sonnet Number 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun” by William Shakespeare.
Or click here.
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https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/my-mistress-eyes-are-nothing-sun-sonnet-130
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Activity 7
Click here for a short lecture on Sonnet 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun.”
Activity 8
Click this link to access a reading of the Italian sonnet, “What My Lips Have Kissed and Where and Why” by Edna Saint Vincent Millay.
Activity 9
Click this link to access the Italian sonnet, “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on the Commonlit website.
Activity 10
Click here for a modern-day sonnet by poet Kim Addonzio.
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