The Poetry Classroom

Poetry 101: Approaches to Poetry

How to Do a Close Reading
Produced by the Harvard Writing Center

Readings in the Parlor: The Art of Close Reading 
Produced by the Harvard English Department

Poetry 101: Poetry Glossaries & Guides

M.H. Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms 

Derek Attridge, Poetic Rhythm 

Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter and Poetic Form 

John Hollander, Rhyme's Reason 

Helen Vendler, Poems, Poets, Poetry 

Miller Williams, Patterns of Poetry 

The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics 

The Princeton Handbook of Multicultural Poetries

The MLA International Bibliography

Oxford Reference Online: Literature 

The Poetry Foundation Poetry Tool Representative Poetry Online Glossary

 

Harvard Faculty: 15-Minute Poetry Intensives

Burt

Poetry Intensive with Stephen Burt
On Laura Kasischke and Randall Jarrell

Cifuentes

Poetry Intensive with Luis Cifuentes
On Maria Victoria Atencia

Cranston

Poetry Intensive with Edwin Cranston 
On Mizuno Ruriko

Greenblatt

Poetry Intensive with Stephen Greenblatt
On Thomas Wyatt's "They Flee from Me"

Greene

Poetry Intensive with Virginie Greene 
On Medieval French Poetry and Contemporary French Performance Poetry

New

Poetry Intensive with Lisa New 
On Robert Frost's "After Apple-Picking"