Literature

Here are the links for your lessons in literature:

Elements of Drama. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/elements-of-drama.html
Figures of Speech  http://www.buzzle.com/articles/figures-of-speech-list.html

Try the following links for short story:

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/
http://www.mysterynet.com/edgar-allan-poe/
http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/
http://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/ellsa/ellsa_ohenrybio.html
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/frank-stockton/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Stockton__Francis_Richard.html

Try these links for Poetry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry#History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry#Elements

For 'Invictus", "A Psalm of Life" and other poems, here are the links:

www.poemhunter.com/poem/invictus/
http://.potw.org/archive/potw232.html

CLICK on the ff. links about ESSAY:
http://essayinfo.com/essays/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essay#Definitions

READ the ff. ESSAYS:
"Dissertation Upon A Roast Pig" by Charles Lambhttp://www.angelfire.com/nv/mf/elia1/pig.htm
"Of Studies" by Francis Baconhttp://grammar.about.com/od/60essays/a/studiesessay.htm