Marbles

This marble is rose,
This one is flower-colored;
And buttons have small white faces,
With holes for eyes.

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poetic terms

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"You've stood there long enough," I said, …

William Jay Smith

Now comes the evening of the mind. …

Donald Justice

Dawn shelter in the station waiting room, …

Anne Rouse

Let those who are in favour with their stars …

William Shakespeare

I do not know what we say. I know that your poems …

Archibald MacLeish

Now, to the faint clink of swords …

Hervey Allen

I …

Edward Lear

The trumpeting hard flower is rimmed with foam around …

R. Wade Vliet

The glossary

From aubade to zuihitsu, 207 definitions of the forms, figures, and schools that shape the line.