Fall 2014 Collection for the Adopt a Poem Assignment by Elisa Beshero-Bondar Lyrics
Select a poem to work on from the following list, by annotating the word "SELECT" next to it, and indicating your name and a link to your genius profile.
"The Poet's Garrett," by Mary Robinson. SELECT
"The Lament of Swordy Well," by John Clare. SELECT
*Swordy Well is a tract of land that used to be a commons. This poem is really unusual because it's spoken in the voice of the land itself, lamenting what has happened to it.*
"Nutting," by William Wordsworth (in Lyrical Ballads, 1800 and later. This is the 1805 text) SELECT
"The Thorn," by William Wordsworth SELECT
"Resolution and Independence," by William Wordsworth (with help from Dorothy Wordsworth) SELECT **Work with Dorothy Wordsworth's Journals in our anthology.**
"Napoleon's Dream," by Mary Russell Mitford SELECT
"The Cloud" by Percy Bysshe Shelley SELECT
"The Bride of the Greek Isle," by Felicia Hemans SELECT
"To George Sand: A Desire" and "To George Sand: A Recognition," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning SELECT
"A Musical Instrument," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning SELECT
"A Year's Spinning" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning SELECT
"Sonnets from the Portuguese," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Choose two sonnets to work on. Suggestions: I, II, V, XII, XIV, XV, XVI, XXII, XXIX. SELECT 1 SELECT 2
"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister," by Robert Browning SELECT
"The Convent Threshold," by Christina Rossetti SELECT
Sonnets and Poems: "In An Artist's Studio,", "L. E. L.", "After Death,", "A Triad,", "At Home" by Christina Rossetti SELECT 1 SELECT 2
LONG TEXTS: WORK IN A SMALL GROUP OF 2 OR 3
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, by William Blake. SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"The Witch of Atlas," by Percy Bysshe Shelley SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"Epipsychidion," by Percy Bysshe Shelley SELECT 1 SELECT 2
"Properzia Rossi," by Felicia Hemans. SELECT 1 SELECT 2
"The Lament of Tasso," by George Gordon, Lord Byron SELECT 1 SELECT 2
The Corsair, by George Gordon, Lord Byron SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3 SELECT 4
"Beppo," by George Gordon, Lord Byron. SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"The Eve of St. Agnes", by John Keats. SELECT 1 SELECT 2
Isabella, or the Pot of Basil, by John Keats. SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"Locksley Hall," by Alfred, Lord Tennyson SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"A Ballad of Boding," by Christina Rossetti SELECT 1 SELECT 2
"The Poet's Garrett," by Mary Robinson. SELECT
"The Lament of Swordy Well," by John Clare. SELECT
*Swordy Well is a tract of land that used to be a commons. This poem is really unusual because it's spoken in the voice of the land itself, lamenting what has happened to it.*
"Nutting," by William Wordsworth (in Lyrical Ballads, 1800 and later. This is the 1805 text) SELECT
"The Thorn," by William Wordsworth SELECT
"Resolution and Independence," by William Wordsworth (with help from Dorothy Wordsworth) SELECT **Work with Dorothy Wordsworth's Journals in our anthology.**
"Napoleon's Dream," by Mary Russell Mitford SELECT
"The Cloud" by Percy Bysshe Shelley SELECT
"The Bride of the Greek Isle," by Felicia Hemans SELECT
"To George Sand: A Desire" and "To George Sand: A Recognition," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning SELECT
"A Musical Instrument," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning SELECT
"A Year's Spinning" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning SELECT
"Sonnets from the Portuguese," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Choose two sonnets to work on. Suggestions: I, II, V, XII, XIV, XV, XVI, XXII, XXIX. SELECT 1 SELECT 2
"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister," by Robert Browning SELECT
"The Convent Threshold," by Christina Rossetti SELECT
Sonnets and Poems: "In An Artist's Studio,", "L. E. L.", "After Death,", "A Triad,", "At Home" by Christina Rossetti SELECT 1 SELECT 2
LONG TEXTS: WORK IN A SMALL GROUP OF 2 OR 3
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, by William Blake. SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"The Witch of Atlas," by Percy Bysshe Shelley SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"Epipsychidion," by Percy Bysshe Shelley SELECT 1 SELECT 2
"Properzia Rossi," by Felicia Hemans. SELECT 1 SELECT 2
"The Lament of Tasso," by George Gordon, Lord Byron SELECT 1 SELECT 2
The Corsair, by George Gordon, Lord Byron SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3 SELECT 4
"Beppo," by George Gordon, Lord Byron. SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"The Eve of St. Agnes", by John Keats. SELECT 1 SELECT 2
Isabella, or the Pot of Basil, by John Keats. SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"Locksley Hall," by Alfred, Lord Tennyson SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3
"A Ballad of Boding," by Christina Rossetti SELECT 1 SELECT 2