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Dictionaries
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Thesauri
Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
Shows similar meanings in a web.
Roget’s Thesaurus Alphabetical Index
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus
http://www.bartleby.com/62/
Quotations
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/100/
BrainyQuote
http://www.brainyquote.com/
Over 38,000 quotes by over 10,000 authors.
Famous Quotations Network
http://www.famous-quotations.com/
Contains a proverbs section.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Literary Terms
Glossary of Literary Terms
Virtual Classroom Glossary of Literary Terms
Poetic Terms
Find definitions for words such as couplet, meter, etc.
Slang
The Online Slang Dictionary
People submit slang and definitions.
Slangsite.com
http://www.slangsite.com/
Slang, webspeak, made-up words, and colloquialisms.
VoxSlang
Visual, frank, slang dictionary of street talk. Brocolli, blunt, and cracker take on new meanings here!
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Creating Poetry
Poems That Go
http://www.poemsthatgo.com
Poems created online.
Shakespeare Magnet Poetry
Use Shakespeare's words to create your own magnetic poetry.
Poetry Creator
The Online Poetry Classroom
Find a poem, a poet, workshops, forum, links.
Poetry Collections
Representative Poetry Online
Search by title of poem, poet’s last name, first line, & keyword. Contains a glossary of poetic terms, criticism of poetry, and Canadian poetry.
Find A Poem
Find a poet or poem and listen.
Sonnet Central
http://www.sonnets.org/
An archive of English sonnets.
American Verse Anthology
http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/
Full text of many American poetry collections.
Bartleby Verse
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
Full text of several poetry anthologies.
Contemporary American Archive
http://capa.conncoll.edu/index.html
Internet Poetry Archive
http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/
Poetry Archives
http://www.emule.com/poetry
An archive of poetry. Search the list of classical poets by first line or poem title.
Poets
Find a Poet
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org
http://www.poets.org/
The site of the Academy of American poets.
Poetry and Prose of the Harlem Rennaissance
Includes poets such as Langston Hughes.
Biographies of Poets
Dead Poets’ Society
Dead Poets’ Circle (T. S. Eliot)
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