After realizing how effective it is to bring technology into the classroom, I made a simple addition to my lesson during my student teaching. I recorded the words to the poem and put them to music instead of reading it aloud. When I played the track, all students went silent. The music really set a mysterious mood as we read the poem.
If you want to do something like this, you can find works under a creative commons license at http://www.creativecommons.org/. Enter in the topic or style of music that you want to find, and click on Jamendo or another listed source with music. You can listen to and download a variety of works for free, as long as you follow the terms under the license, which often just includes giving credit to the artist. 
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