This site lets you search more than 3,000 biographies of contemporary and classic poets (not only Americans). Many of the biographies include a selection of poems.
In this 10 minute video, Crash Course explores the poetry of American poet Emily Dickinson. Learn about her life, why her poems have remained relevant and her use of specific words and punctuation.
Watch this video to learn about Sylvia Plath's role as a feminist poet. You'll also learn about her extraordinary ability to recreate the experiences of real life in a beautiful and relatable way.
The Dickinson Electronic Archives is "devoted to the study of Emily Dickinson, her writing practices, writings directly influencing her work, and critical and creative writings generated by her work."
On this site, you can learn about the creation of Don Marquis' poetic characters, Archy and Mehitabel. You can also read a selection of poems, written of course, by Archy the cockroach.
This extensive list of links to biographies of poets is from a resource at the University of Toronto. The biographies also include full-text, online poems.
Have you heard of the early 20th century poet Guillaume Apollinaire? He created poetry that combined text and image in a way that was unusual. Learn about his life in France and his unique style.
This video does an excellent job of explaining iambic pentameter and Shakespeare's language. This peek into the rhythm of his words reveals a poet deeply rooted in the way people spoke in his time — and still speak today.
Home to "the largest public collection of modern poetry in the world," the National Poetry Library is an invaluable resource for poetry readers and writers.