Poetry

The Highway Man- audio song and video

http://archive.org/details/KheriMichelleTheHighwayman

The Highwayman- a reading

http://verkaro.org/abooks/index.php/Audiobook/TheHighwayman?action=downloadman&upname=verkaro_TheHighwayman.mp3

Pay attention to the literary devices that are used to help convey the mood and message.

Here's a great link to help you how to write all the different types of poetry

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=1894

Wreck of the Hersperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

http://myweb.northshore.edu/users/ccarlsen/poetry/gloucester/longfellow_hesperus.htm

Audio reading...listen for personification

http://ia700506.us.archive.org/1/items/short_poetry_001_librivox/wreck_of_the_hesperus_longfellow.mp3

Audio reading of Annabelle Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv9-B_ymMp0