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INDEX - Poetry Forms/Researching Poetry  (E) A combined alphabetical index for Poetry Forms and Researching Poetry #1527308 by Shaara

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A Poet's Tool Box  (E) Tools for the trade. #554651 by Red Writing Hood <3

Acrostic
http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Handbook/acrostic.html
"Letter By Letter" 

Ghazel
http://www.cranberrydesigns.com/poetry/ghazal/keypoints.htm

Haiku
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/haiku/haiku.html
"WC Newsletter #93 * Haiku" 

Haiku and Brazilian Haiku and Senryu
"Seventeen Syllables" 

Iambic Pentameter
http://tirnanogthelandoftheeverliving.yuku.com/topic/22181/Writing-Iambic-Pentam...

Narrative Poetry
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Ochtfochlach
http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/ochtfochlach.html

Pantoum
http://jobryantnz.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/how-to-write-a-pantoum-poem/

Sija
http://www.sijopoetry.com/

A list of various types of Sonnets
http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/sonnet.html

Shakespearean Sonnet
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/writing-a-sonnet.html

Spenserian Sonnet
http://jobryantnz.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/time-to-look-at-the-spenserian-sonnet...

Tanka
http://www.ahapoetry.com/feelart.htm

Terza Rima
http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Handbook/terzarima.html

Villanelle
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5796

Poetic Forms and Devices

All about rhyme
http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/furtherreading/page2.html

If you really want to know about rhyme, here you go.
http://www.loske.org/html/school/english/rhyme.pdf

Great list of Stylistic Devices with explainations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylistic_device

Most indepth glossary on the web
http://www.pathetic.org/dictionary.php

Short list but has unique forms
http://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/issue2/glossary.html

Infinite amount of forms listed by type. Great resource
http://thepoetsgarret.com/list.html

Many common forms and more with examples and explainations
http://classjump.com/betances/documents/Poetry Books REVISED.pdf

Great resource of forms with examples
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html

Examples given by Rhyme Scheme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme

Offers some unique forms of poetry with examples
http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/poetry.html

A Literary Style Handbook
http://www.litencyc.com/stylebook/stylebook.php

http://thewordshop.tripod.com/forms.html

http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html

http://poetry.about.com/od/poeticforms/a/formsglossary.htm

Poetic Terminology

Poetry Glossary
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.h...

Poetry terms divided into sections
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/17105

Poetry terms and basic literary terms: adjective, noun, etc
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/vclass/terms.htm

Basic to medium poetic terms
http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/handouts/?q=book/print/40

Extensive alphabetical listing of poetic terms
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/poetterm.cfm

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/forms/definitions.html

Explicating

What to look for in a poem  (E) A great article I found. I am not the author of this. #1874649 by Itchy Water~fictionandverse

Basic tips on how to read and critique poetry.
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Excellent tips on how to read and understand poetry.
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/markport/best/study/poetry.htm

Great indepth article that explains poetry analysis. Many examples are provided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_analysis

Great piece that explains how poetry should be read and analyzed. Short glossary also provided.
http://www.nku.edu/~rkdrury/poetryexplication.html

A decent article that explains how poetry should be read and analyzed.
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/bestbook/chapter6.html#1

Provides explainations and in depth analysis of two famous poems.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html

This is a college handout. It breaks down the analysis process and provides great guidlines.
http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/lit-poem.html

Other Writing Tools

How to determine the syllable count and an automatic syllable counter
http://www.howmanysyllables.com/howtocountsyllables.html
http://www.syllablecount.com/

A list of words to substitute the word "said"
http://www.msgarrettonline.com/100ways.html

Descriptive words
http://www.msgarrettonline.com/descripwords.html