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The Desolation Poems: Poetic Forms Used in English
Poems by Jan Haag in each of 300 forms used in the English Language.
http://www.janhaag.com/PODesIntro.html
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Workshops in Poetic Forms
Descriptions with examples of a variety of poetic forms, including the cinquain, kyrielle, pantoum, rondeau, sonnet, and triolet. From Forward Press.
http://www.forwardpress.co.uk/04_workshop/workshop_00.htm
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The Academy of American Poets - Poetic Forms & Techniques
Essays on fixed forms that first appeared in the National Poetry Almanac.
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/197
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Poetry Knowledge Zone
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.
http://www.boloji.com/poetry/learningzone/index.htm
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Verse Forms
Descriptions with examples of the triolet, terzanelle, terza rima, villanelle, and clerihew.
http://www.gryphonsmith.com/fileg/verse/formshome.html
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Shadow Poetry -- Resources -- Types of Poetry
Explanations of a wide variety traditional and recently invented poetic forms with examples by Shadow Poets.
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
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Guide to Verse Forms
Descriptions and examples by Bob Newman of a variety of verse forms.
http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/
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Verse Forms: Light Verse Resource Center
Explanations and illustrations for both light verse forms (clerihew and limerick) and more general forms with light verse examples (rondeau, sonnet, triolet, and villanelle).
http://www.ddaze.com/04LVResource/Forms.htm
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The Poets Garret
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.
http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/
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Table of Forms
Short descriptions of both stanza and poetic forms, with examples. By H.T. Kirby-Smith at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
http://www.uncg.edu/~htkirbys/stanzas.htm
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