Poetic Craft:
The Toolbox
rhetoric, prosody, rhyme, meter, conventional forms
online dictionaries, thesauri, etc.
Allison Joseph's Inspiration Corner (changing series of poetic prompts or exercises)
American Heritage Dictionary, 4e
Anagrams (George W. Bush = BREW EGO GUSH)
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable ("Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have a Tale to Tell")
Creative Writing Bookshop (how-to books of all sorts for sale)
Glossary of Poetic Terms and Forms
Hypertext Webster Gateway (online dictionaries)
Poetry Tool (from Poetry Foundation.org)
Prosody (essay on traditional poetic forms, from Expansive Poetry & Music Online)
Rhetorical Figures (definitions and examples, from alliteration to zeugma)
Rhyme (essay by Fred Feirstein)
RhymeZone (rhyming dictionary & more)
Scanning Poetry (online tutorial with audio)
Sonnet Central (everything you always wanted to know about sonnets)
Versification (online journal of literary prosody)
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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