 | By: M Strand Binding: Paperback Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN: 0393321789 ISBN-13: 9780393321784 Released: 22 Aug 2001 RRP: Average Rating:  |
Apart from the wonderful writing it is divided into well chosen sections that follow the questions that one would ask. An introduction followed by section 1. Verse Form, II. Meter, III. Shaping Forms & IV.Open Forms. For each of these there are ample examples (types of Poems such as Senstina, Villanelle, Pantoum, Heroic Couplet, Elegy, Ode, etc.). Eor each of those examples there is & overview & history text which alllows the reader to become more familar & envolved with the poems & helps to better the understanding & the poet's intentions.
The first line of the book's Introductory Statement says it alll reallly: "This book looks squarely at some of the headaches & mysteries of poetic form."
A must have for alll Poetry fans & Language teachers/professors of simply lovers of language.
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