There are many ways to do poetry study, my favorite way is by reading lots and lots of good poetry. We lean towards a Charlotte Mason style homeschool, so I always have good poetry books laying around. You can learn about a specific poet and read lots of their works or you can do a poetry study based on a specific theme.
I like to study themed poetry around the holidays and different seasons.
Poetry ties in very well with nature study as many seasonal poems speak of the nature around them. Nature themed poems are great to put into a nature journal as well! I also like reading the poem to my kids and then having them draw what they were feeling or imagining while they were listening to it.
Here are some of my favorite Spring themed poems to study this time of year:
Spring is like a perhaps hand by E.E. Cummings
Read the poem HERE.
Listen to the poem HERE.
Poem Analysis by English 10.
Song of a Second April by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Read the poem HERE.
Listen to the poem HERE.
Printable Poem from the Public Domain
In Cold Spring Air by Reginald Gibbons
Read the poem HERE.
Listen to the poem HERE.
FREE Lesson Plan from Poets.org
Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth
Read the poem HERE.
Listen to the poem HERE.
A short analysis of the poem by Interesting Literature
Spring Quiet by Christina Rossetti
Read the poem HERE.
Listen to the poem HERE.
Spring Rain by Sara Teasdale
Read the poem HERE.
Listen to the poem HERE.
The Progress of Spring by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Read the poem HERE.
Listen to the poem HERE.
Before You Thought of Spring Emily Dickinson
Read the poem HERE.
Listen to the poem HERE.
Check out this fun Spring Time Poetry Tea Time from Hide the Chocolate.
Here are some great poetry anthologies to have laying around to read during Spring time:
Spring: An Anthology for the Changing SeasonsThe Language of Spring: Poems for the Season of Renewal
Ivy in Bloom: The Poetry of Spring from Great Poets and Writers from the Past
Spring (National Poetry Series)
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Sarah is a wife, daughter of the King and Mama to 4 children (one who is a homeschool graduate)! She is a an eclectic, Charlotte Mason style homeschooler that has been homeschooling for almost 20 years.. She is still trying to find the balance between work and keeping a home and says she can only do it by the Grace of God, and Coffee!
