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An abundance of poetic forms
Here’s a list of poetry type by ethnicity/nationality.
These are described in excellent book Shapes of Our Singing by Robin Skelton. The purpose of this post is to support the fact that almost every culture has a rich tradition of poetics.
If you know of another form, please comment.
Anglo-Saxon
Alliterative verse a la Eduard Sievers
Hazaj
Mutaquarib
Qasidah in the Basit
Rajaz
Sari
Tawil
Urjuzah
Wafir
Payar
Tripadi
Octosyllabic couplets
Merriam-Webster online
Another solid choice.
The editor videos can be quite interesting.
The Oxford, online
My dictionary of choice is the Oxford English Dictionary, but the official dictionary fills a bookcase — but is now out of print. This online version is ad-heavy, but handy.
(Apple users have a version of the dictionary in their dock.)
Wisdom
“It’s not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.”
– T.S. Eliot, interview with The Paris Review (Issue 21, 1959)
Wisdom
A danger foreseen is half avoided.
–Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) saying.
Journal: Equilibrium
The body informs the mind. The scholar takes care to build both.
Kingsley Andersen 