Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps

Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps

The following links will help you as you learn to "prepare for poetry":

• Sonnet 130, My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• Reading a Poem PDF worksheet (chart also available as an online interactive exercise)
• Dictionary.com, available via the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library
• Sonnets as Poetic Form, via the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets website
• Overview of rhythm and meter at Emory University, via the Academy of American Poets website
• Definition of enjambment at the Norton LitWeb Glossary