Poets Research Project

Find Your Poem

Part 2: Analytic Essay

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• • Masterplots II: Poetry Series, Revised Edition (REF 809.1 MAS) 

• The eight volumes contain 1,386 essays on important poems by both classic writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Frost to contemporary poets such as Maya Angelou, Adrienne Rich, and N. Scott Momaday.

  • Notable Poets (REF 809.1 NOT) 

    • Notable Poets is a three-volume set that comprises biographical sketches and critical studies of 110 of the world's best-known poets from antiquity to the late 20th century. This set surveys the essential poets whose works comprise the core curriculum of high school and undergraduate poetry studies.

  • Use the Oakridge Catalogue to find a poet.

Databases

• • Literary Reference Center - TVDSB EBSCO Database 

    • • Provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames.

      • Includes: Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Beacham’s Research Guide to Biography and Criticism (six volumes), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature, The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story, all of MagillOnLiterature Plus™, and much more.

  • Literature Resource Center - TVDSB Gale Database 

    • • Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

Web Resources

• • Poetry Foundation 

    • Search by poet and look for results labeled "Author" 

  • poets.org 

    • Search by poet in the search box lower on the page

    • The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. The organization connects people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month; Poets.org, one of the leading poetry sites online; American Poets, a biannual magazine; an annual series of poetry readings and special events; and its education programs. 

  • Project Gutenberg 

    • The Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make information, books and other materials available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search which means that Project Gutenberg Etexts should cost so little that no one will really care how much they cost.

      • Poetry (Bookshelf)

  • A Time-line of English Poetry  

    • by Poet - browse alphabetical list

    • Poetry edited by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto from 1912 to the present

  • Canadian Poetry Online from the University of Toronto 

    • browse alphabetical list

    • Canadian Poetry is a collection of poetry from published contemporary and 19th century Canadian poets. Contemporary poets have selected their poetry and provided biographies.