POETRY 11 th Grade English Miss Kenyon Start

FAMOUS POETS William ShakespeareE. E. Cummings Robert FrostEdgar Allan Poe Maya Angelou Elizabeth Barrett Browning Emily Dickinson William Wordsworth Click on each picture to learn about that poet Click to Move on to Questions

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE April 23, April 23, 1616 Wrote 154 Sonnets Wrote 37 Plays Born in Stratford- upon- Avon Had 7 brothers and sisters Married Anne Hathaway Had 8 children Part of Lord Chamberlain’s Men Famous Works: Romeo and Juliet A Mid Summer Night's Dream The Tempest The Taming of the Shrew Sonnet 18 Sonnet 116 Sonnet 29 Return to Famous Poets

E. E. CUMMINGS Edward Estlin Cummings October 14, September 3, 1962 Born in Cambridge, MA One child: Nancy Painter Married Elaine Orr; Anne Minnerly Barton; Marrion Morehouse Wrote 1 poem every day for 14 years Graduated from Harvard University Famous Works: I Carry Your Heart With Me The Enormous Room Tulips and Chimneys XLI Poems Is 5 ViVa HIM Elmi No Thanks Return to Famous Poets

ROBERT FROST March 26,1874- January 29, 1963 Born in San Francisco, CA Moved to Lawrence, MA after father’s death Attended Dartmouth and Harvard 4x Pulitzer Prize Winner Married Elinor White 5 children United States Poet Laureate Famous Works: The Road Not Taken Christmas Trees In The Home Stretch Meeting and Passing Bond and Free A Time to Talk Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Hyla Brook Return to Famous Poets

EDGAR ALLAN POE January 29, October 7, 1849 Born in Boston, MA Father left early on; Mother died when he was 3 “Father of the Detective Story” Went to University of Virginia Married his cousin, Virginia Alcoholic Died in debt Famous Works: The Raven The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-tale Heart Murders in the Rue Morgue The Purloined Letter The Bells Annabel Lee A Dream Within A Dream Return to Famous Poets

MAYA ANGELOU Born “Marguerite Annie Johnson” April 4, May 28, 2014 Author, poet, dancer, actress, singer, Civil Rights Activist Abused as a child Attended California Labor School Had a son at 16 Married Anastasios Angelopulus Became “Maya Angelou” Famous Works: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Touched By An Angel Woman Work Still I Rise Alone Insomniac The Lesson They Went Home Return to Famous Poets

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING March 6, June 29, 1861 Born in Kelloe, UK Died in Florence, Italy Married Robert Browning Had one son One of the most prominent poets during the Victorian Era Oldest of 12 children Disinherited by father and brothers after marriage to Browning Famous Works: How Do I Love Thee? A Dead Rose The Cry of the Children A Woman’s Shortcomings Change Upon Change A Thought For a Lonely Death-Bed Sonnet 14 My Heart and I Return to Famous Poets

EMILY DICKINSON December 10, May 15, 1886 Born in Amherst, MA Filled notebooks with poems and letters that were not found or published until after her death Grandfather founded Amherst College Attended Amherst College and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Never Married Suffered from depression Famous Works: “Hope” is the thing with feathers “Faith” is a fine invention A bird came down A coffin- is a small domain “Why do I love” You Sir? A Dying Tiger- moaned for Drink Because I Could Not Stop for Death I Cannot Live Without You Return to Famous Poets

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH April 7, April 23, 1850 Born in Cumberland, England He and 4 siblings were orphaned Attended St. John’s College Part of French Revolution Fathered Caroline out of wedlock Married Mary Hutchinson Had 5 children with Mary Famous Works: Daffodils A Farewell The Solitary Reapers A Complaint A Night Thought It was an April Morning: Fresh and Clear I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Calm is all nature as a resting wheel Return to Famous Poets

WHO WROTE “ I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD”? A) Maya Angelou B) William Wordsworth C) William Shakespeare D) E. E. Cummings

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CORRECT! William Wordsworth wrote “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” Click Here to Move on to the Next Question

WHO WAS AN AUTHOR, POET, DANCER, ACTRESS, SINGER, AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST? A) Maya AngelouB) Emily Dickinson C) Elizabeth Barrett BrowningD) E. E. Cummings

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WHICH POET WAS NOT FAMOUS UNTIL AFTER THEIR DEATH? A) Maya AngelouB) Emily Dickinson C) Elizabeth Barrett BrowningD) E. E. Cummings

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CORRECT! Emily Dickinson’s work was not discovered or published until after she died. Click Here to Move on to the Next Question

THIS POET DIED ON THEIR BIRTHDAY A) William WordsworthB) Emily Dickinson C) William ShakespeareD) Edgar Allan Poe

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THIS POET WAS ALSO A PAINTER A) Edgar Allan PoeB) Emily Dickinson C) William ShakespeareD) E. E. Cummings

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CORRECT! E. E. Cummings was a painter as well as a poet! Click Here To Continue

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