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The Academy of American Poets - Poetic Forms & Techniques - http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/197
Essays on fixed forms that first appeared in the National Poetry Almanac. |
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Shadow Poetry -- Resources -- Types of Poetry - http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
Explanations of a wide variety traditional and recently invented poetic forms with examples by Shadow Poets. |
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Writing-World.com: Poetry - http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/
A collection of articles on writing poetry, including articles on such forms as the sestina, the sonnet, the triolet, and the villanelle. |
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Craft of Poetry - http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry
A course on writing poems in rhyme, meter, and inherited forms. Covers the sonnet, sestina, and villanelle, among others. Taught by Vince Gotera and Damon McLaughlin at the University of Northern Iowa. |
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Personality Quiz - What Poetry Form Am I? - http://quiz.ravenblack.net/poeticform.pl
A quiz of personal characteristics that leads to a humorous poem in one of several forms, including the cinquain, triolet, sonnet, and terza rima. |
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Poetry Forms and Terminology - http://thewordshop.tripod.com/forms.html
A compendium of links to sites that define, explain, and give examples of a variety of poetic forms. |
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Poetry Terms and Poetry Forms - http://www.poetry-online.org/poetry-terms.htm
Definitions, with an anthology of poetry on a variety of subjects. |
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Poetry at Ariadne's Web - http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/
Resources on writing poetry, including advice on writing Ghazals, Haiku, Pantoums, Sestinas, Sonnets, Triolets, and Villanelles. |
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deviantART: poetic-forms - http://poetic-forms.deviantart.com
An online community of poets interested in trying out various poetic forms. Includes write-ups on each form, with examples, by members of the community. |
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Guide to Verse Forms - http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/
Descriptions and examples by Bob Newman of a variety of verse forms. |
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The Mediadrome - Words - Poetry: The Fixed Forms - http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/words_articles/right_word4_fixed_forms.htm
A review by John Stringer of fixed forms in poetry along with examples. |
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Stepping Stones - http://www.mochinet.com/Writing/CB/SeriesIII-VolI-SteppingStones.pdf
Terzanelles and Villanelles by Erin A. Thomas. |
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Workshops in Poetic Forms - http://www.forwardpress.co.uk/04_workshop/workshop_00.htm
Descriptions with examples of a variety of poetic forms, including the cinquain, kyrielle, pantoum, rondeau, sonnet, and triolet. From Forward Press. |
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Table of Forms - http://www.uncg.edu/~htkirbys/stanzas.htm
Short descriptions of both stanza and poetic forms, with examples. By H.T. Kirby-Smith at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. |
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The Desolation Poems: Poetic Forms Used in English - http://www.janhaag.com/PODesIntro.html
Poems by Jan Haag in each of 300 forms used in the English Language. |
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Suzie's Sanctuary - Poetry - http://members.optusnet.com.au/kazoom/poetry/
Anthology by Suzanne Honour including different types of form poetry, including the cinquain, clerihew, haiku, kyrielle, rondeau, and villanelle. |
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The Poets Garret - http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/
Explanations and examples of a variety of poetic forms, including Celtic and Asian forms, as well most Western forms. Readers are invited to submit their own examples of each form. |
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Form Reports - http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/reports2000/index.html
Descriptions and examples of the kyrielle, terza rima, sapphics, the rondeau, the sonnet, the villanelle, and the sestina. From a course taught by Alberto Rios. |
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Verse Forms - http://www.gryphonsmith.com/fileg/verse/formshome.html
Descriptions with examples of the triolet, terzanelle, terza rima, villanelle, and clerihew. |
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Poetry Knowledge Zone - http://www.boloji.com/poetry/learningzone/index.htm
Lessons by Smitha Chakravartula on many aspects of poetry, including such fixed forms as the pantoum, sonnet, villanelle, and terza rima. Part of a much larger site on art and culture, focusing on the cultural heritage of India. |