Research the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century and write a paper about who they were, how their poetry differed from the more traditional poets of their day, and what their poetry was about. Then memorize one of their poems and recite it for your class.

The twentieth century was a time of significant change for women in the United States. Choose a poem by a female poet from each twenty-year period (1900-1920, 1920-1940, and so on) for the entire century, so that you end up with five poems. Select your poems carefully to reflect the development of women over the course of the century. Then read each of the poems to the class, without telling your classmates when the poems were written. Let them guess from which of the time periods each poem was taken.

Research the different styles of contemporary...