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Dictionaries, quotes, literary terms, slang, poets and more:

 

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!

 

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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