Poetry Texts and Worksheets

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These are our free printable poems, several of which are accompanied by worksheets and other enrichment activities. Click on any selection to print. If you are looking for poem worksheets to use with younger children, please click here.

Bradstreet, Anne. The Vanity of All Worldly Things

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. A Child Asleep

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. A Curse for a Nation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. A Dead Rose

 

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Concord Hymn

Key, Francis Scott. The Star Spangled Banner (Defence of Fort McHenry)

Moore, Clement Clarke. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - Printable featuring the famous poem, originally called "A Visit from St. Nicholas," by Clement Clarke Moore (1823)

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Happy Thought

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Time to Rise

Taylor, Edward. Am I Thy Gold? Or Purse, Lord, for Thy Wealth

Taylor, Edward. Housewifery

Taylor, Edward. I Kenning through Astronomy Divine

Taylor, Edward. Our Insufficiency to Praise God Suitably for His Mercy

Taylor, Edward. The Accusation of the Inward Man

Taylor, Edward. The Joy of Church Fellowship Rightly Attended

Taylor, Edward. The Outward Man Accused

Taylor, Edward. The Preface

Taylor, Edward. Thy Human Frame, My Glorious Lord, I Spy

Taylor, Edward. Upon a Spider Catching a Fly

Tennyson, Alfred Lord. The Charge of the Light Brigade

Yeats, William Butler. Easter, 1916

Yeats, William Butler. The Stolen Child

Poetry enriches our lives by capturing the essence of human emotions and experiences in a few poignant lines. It enhances our understanding of language, evokes deep feelings, and fosters empathy by connecting us to diverse perspectives. Through its rhythm and imagery, poetry inspires creativity, introspection, and a profound appreciation for beauty in the everyday.

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