
Wordy Word Words



When I am reading poetry I come across a number of terms which extend beyond my English O' Level from 40 plus years ago. This page offers links to websites that explain all things to do with words and language that interests me.
Literary Devices
Cummings Study Guides - Literary Terms
Sarah Cy Smartblogger 57 Literary Devices That’ll Elevate Your Writing (+ Examples)
Poetry Terms
Washington State University - Poetry Terms - why not do the quizzes?!
(I am keen to expand the list if you do have further suggestions)
Arabic poetry | al-bab.com
Japanese Poetry - Wiki
Nabati Poetry in the UAE: Origin, Themes & More - MyBayut (many thanks to Amelia)
Wikipedia
Pages I Like To Go Back To
(I accept there is some overlap between these links).
see The International Phonetic Alphabet
Prosody - a useful chart on di-, tri- and tetra- syllables
Word play - List of forms of word play
Also see this Venn diagram that helps to distinguish: the
Homophone, Homograph, Homonym, Heteronym,