Poetry Tools Galore!

Poetry Tools Galore!
An Internet Hotlist on Poetry Fun

created by renteriagarciat
Central Elementary

Introduction | Resources to help Create Poetry | Resources to help Write Poetry | Poetry to Read | Resources to Explain Poetry

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about poetry, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Resources to help Create Poetry

Ryming Dictionary 1 - input a word and the rhyming word will come up
Ryming Dictionary 2 - input a word and the rhyming word will come up
Ryming Dictionary 3 - input a word and the rhyming word will come up

Resources to help Write Poetry

Get Help Writing Poetry - Write poetry using powerful descriptive words
Help writing internal and end Rhyme - Having a hard time with understanding how to get something to rhyme, read this.
Online Help writing poetry - Steps to writing a poem for fun by Jack Prelutsky

Poetry to Read

Funny Poems - Read funny poems
John Keats poem - Read a John Keats poem
Many poems - Find poems to read by time of movement and by theme
Poem read by Americans - Poetry read by Americans of favorite poets
Poetry to read for sure - Poetry by topic
Quatrains and Limericks to read - Read For Better or Verse it has repetition rhyme, quatrains and limericks
Read some funny poetry by a wonderfully funny poet - Read poetry by Shel Silverstein. The site is for kids.
Silly Quatrains - Grandpa Tucker silly quatrain poems
War Poetry - Reliability of War Poetry

Resources to Explain Poetry

Examples and explanations - descriptions, explanations and examples of poetry
Major examples and explanations - Description and Example of major types of poetry
Poetry Explained 1 - Descriptions and explanations of poetry
Poetry Explained 2 - Descriptions and explanations of poetry
Sonnets - Additional Poetry information beyond 5th grade explanation of sonnets

Content by renteriagarciat, renteriagarciat@d261.k12.id.us
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Last revised Thu May 17 10:10:53 US/Pacific 2007