"Ode to the West Wind" by P. B. Shelley. - http://www.bartleby.com/106/275.html
Perhaps the most famous example of terza rima in English. From Francis T. Palgrave's 19th century anthology, "The Golden Treasury." Notice that the tercets and final couplets have not been separated by spaces. |
"Terza Rima for a Sudden Change in Seasons" - http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=3968
By Jacqueline Osherow. |
"Woman -- A Terza Rima" - http://morpo.com/viewer.php?vol=2&iss=5&disp=197
By Janan Platt. |
Personality Quiz - What Poetry Form Am I? - http://quiz.ravenblack.net/poeticform.pl?q=1&a=16
A terza rima that describes the "personality" of a terza rima. With html code for transferring the terza rima to your site and links to "personality quizzes" for other poetic forms. |
Poetic Form: Terza Rima - http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5794
An explanation of the form, with references to numerous examples and a brief discussion of Ciardi's and Pinsky's translations of Dante, from the Academy of American Poets. |
Poetry Knowledge Zone: Terza Rima - http://www.boloji.com/poetry/learningzone/pkz9.htm
Explanation, history, and step-by-step instructions for writing by Smitha Chakravarthula. Includes examples. |
Terza Rima - http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Handbook/terzarima.html
A brief description of the form from an English handbook at Emory University with examples. |
Terza Rima - http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/terza.html
A brief description of the form with an interesting review of Pinsky's attempt to translate Dante's terza rima. |
Terza Rima - http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/anecdotes/page4.html
Description and examples from a course taught by Alberto Rios. |
Terza Rima - http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/reports2000/page4.html
A description by a student in Rios' course with examples, including Frost's "Acquainted with the Night." |