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Henry Longfellow’s “Arrow and the Song”

Biography and some of his poems http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/henry-wadsworth-longfellow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow

Analysis of the poem http://www.eliteskills.com/c/4069

Reciting of poem, sang as a song, choir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev-vk8QDreM&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL7FD3D456DA409C0C

Disney’s version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_JfYHeiSNY

High school choir singing the poem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyuvCqjbR88&feature=related
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Robert Frost
Article about Frost http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/poets/frost.htm

Links to some of his poems http://www.internal.org/Robert_Frost

Robert Frost reading his poem “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOxdZfo0gs
Video of poem (very good!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEtMLqP7tpA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3HBgBVdxLo&feature=related

Ways to enjoy this poem:
Performed by a youth choir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxHAUIG-SDI
Mens choir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnmpKiort2g&feature=related
Banjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxkOV0iQa_A
Even the Muppets enjoy the poem! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGoZNjNgcP0

“The Road Not Taken” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v4M73_WKl4&feature=related

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Maya Angelo

Poem http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/

Videos of Poem “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” with words and pictures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH7A7ZKluns&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6kltD9w_Lw

Maya reading “Still I Rise” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik4bnjUCTbE&feature=related

Interview of author – “Finding My Voice” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVpRt1sxaM8&feature=related

Wikipedia article about "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings