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» "Ode to the West Wind" by P. B. Shelley.
   Perhaps the most famous example of terza rima in English. From Francis T. Palgrave's 19th century anthology, "The Golden Treasury." Notice that the tercets and final couplets have not been separated by spaces.
   http://www.bartleby.com/106/275.html

» "Woman -- A Terza Rima"
   By Janan Platt.
   http://morpo.com/viewer.php?vol=2&iss=5&disp=197

» First Snow in Alsace
   By Richard Wilbur.
   http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/poems/wilbur1.html

» Personality Quiz - What Poetry Form Am I?
   A terza rima that describes the "personality" of a terza rima. With html code for transferring the terza rima to your site and links to "personality quizzes" for other poetic forms.
   http://quiz.ravenblack.net/poeticform.pl?q=1&a=16

» Poetic Form: Terza Rima
   An explanation of the form, with references to numerous examples and a brief discussion of Ciardi's and Pinsky's translations of Dante, from the Academy of American Poets.
   http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5794

» Poetry Knowledge Zone: Terza Rima
   Explanation, history, and step-by-step instructions for writing by Smitha Chakravarthula. Includes examples.
   http://www.boloji.com/poetry/learningzone/pkz9.htm

» Terza Rima
   A brief description of the form with an interesting review of Pinsky's attempt to translate Dante's terza rima.
   http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/terza.html

» The House on the Hill
   A famous example of the form by Edward Arlington Robinson.
   http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1729.html