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Arnaut and Karkur's Prosody Resource

http://www.trobar.org/prosody

A revised edition of this high-brow prosody guide. The phonetic aspects of English poetry seen through a comparison with other Western European languages.

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Interactive Quiz on Meter

http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~cooneys/tchg/quiz/meter/q2/quiz.html

"Test your grasp of terms and your ability to identify [poetic] meters by name."

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It's What I Do

http://flipzoied.tripod.com

Poetry, different styles of writing, art work.

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Let's Learn About Poetry

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

A good though not extensive informal treatise on various forms and types of poetry.

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Marc Moskowitz's Latin Poetry Page

http://www.suberic.net/~marc/latinpoetry.html

"This page is meant to be a jumping-off point for examples of modern (aka 20th century) Latin verse as well as information about such things as scansion, poetic style, and anything else that seems related."

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Poetry: Meter, Form, and Rhythm

http://www.uncg.edu/~htkirbys/intro.html

This site provides interactive tutorials in poetic forms and meter, links to other poetry sites, and numerous examples of stanzas and fixed poetic forms.

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ProsePoetry

http://pw2.netcom.com/~pprater/prosepoetry.html

Brief explanation of prose poetry with examples and additional links.

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Prosody Anecdotes

http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/anecdotes/

Alberto Rios of Arizona State University has posted anecdotes and introductions to some of the canonical forms of European poetry.

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Spectra

http://www.sniggle.net/spectra.php

Satiric poetic 'school' founded by Witter Bynner and Arthur Davison Ficke.

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Sprung Rhythm in Hopkins

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/hopkins/hopkins13.html

A brief description of Gerard Manley Hopkin's use and interpretation of the term.

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