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by
Robert Frost
Theodore
Roethke
This
site includes a biography of Roethke, several
of his poems, and links to related sites. Click
on the link titled selections from I am! Said
the Lamb to read several silly poems about
animals and the natural world. Then try writing
your own poem about an animal in the same style
as Roethke.
Literary
Travel: The Nature of New England
Like
all people, Robert Frost was influenced by the
homes and natural settings in which he lived his
life. At this site, click on Frost’s Farm
to begin reading about the places in New England
that held special meaning for the author.
What places have been special in your life? Describe
one of those places in your journal.
Poetry4Kids
Both Roethke and Frost use rhyme in their
poems. Would you like to learn how to write rhyming
poetry and have it be funny as well? Click on
Poetry Lessons on this Web site for easy, fun
instructions on writing rhyming poems. Then, in
the Web Links Activity
Log, make a list of four sets of rhyming words.
You can use these later as a starting point for
a hilarious poem!
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