writing resources

Merriam Webster's online dictionary and thesaurus: http://www.m-w.com

A not-too-good yet free online translation site for many languages: http://www.freetranslation.com/

Definitions of various forms of verse, styles, technical elements, tropes, and measures. This should prove useful to the conch-holder looking for technical criteria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry#Verse_forms

Another site defining verse forms: http://thewordshop.tripod.com/forms.html

A poetry archive site: http://www.emule.com/poetry/

General reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry

A list of samples and definitions of verb tenses, for that ever-needed brush-up we English majors don't like to admit to: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html