Annotated Bibliography
"Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Demographic Overview." Charlotte Mecklenburg
School System. http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/cmsdepartments/StudentPlacement/
Pages/Charlotte-MecklenburgSchoolsDemographicOverview.aspx (accessed July 10,
2009).
This website offers information on the specifics of the CMS school system.
Elbow, Peter, ed. Landmark Essays on Voice and Writing. Mahwah, NM: Hermagoras
Press, 1994.
An important resource that provides significant insight into the scholarly discussions of voice, tone, and the teaching of writing. Any English instructor would benefit from almost every essay in this collection.
Electronic Discussion Group-AP English Language. "Messages." The College Board,
http://lyris. collegeboard.com/ read/my_forums/?forum=ap-english (accessed July 10,
2009).
This discussion group offers outstanding suggestions for activities on a variety of topics. You can search for ideas or pose a question to the group. Although specifically tailored to AP English teachers, anyone can join and modify the suggestions.
Frost, Robert. Selected Letters of Robert Frost, edited by Lawrance Thompson. New
York: Holt, 1964.
Letters offer particular insight into Frost's views on sound, sentence function, tone.
Hammer, Langdon. "Frank Bidart and the Tone of Contemporary Poetry." In On Frank
Bidart: Fastening the Voice to the Page (Under Discussion), edited by Liam Rector
and Tree Swenson, 7-21. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007.
This essay offers invaluable insight into the issue of tone—it was among my most helpful resources. Prior knowledge of the poet is not necessary..
—. "The Sound of Words." Presentation, Yale National Initiative Intensive Session,
New Haven, CT, July 6-18 2009.
The particular lecture referenced in the text focused on Sylvia Plath's "Daddy."
Hass, Robert. Twentieth Century Pleasures: Prose on Poetry. NY: Ecco Press, 1984.
The chapter "Listening and Making" provides detailed analysis on how rhythmic patterns of recurrence and variation contribute to the meaning of a poem.
Hollander, John. Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2001.
The section cited here references formal rhyme schemes and the significance of the fact that all poetry was originally oral.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. "State Standards: AP English." NCDPI.
www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/languagearts/scos/2004/31apenglish (accessed July
30, 2009).
Quick links to academic standards in North Carolina.
Pinsky, Robert. Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry (The University Center for
Human Values Series). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005.
While not directly focused on the study of sound, an informative text on the place of poetry in our culture. Does include a discussion of "Home Burial."
—. The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
The chapter on "Accent and Duration" will add to one's understanding of how sounds function as the energy and movement in a poem.
"Student Grade Distributions." The College Board. http://professionals.collegeboard.
com/profdownload/STUDENT_GRADE_DISTRIBUTIONS_11-3.pdf (accessed July
10, 2009). Provides information regarding student performance on AP exams.
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