Grammar of Poetry: Teacher's Edition

Poetry is about much more than just coming up with rhymes at a moment's notice: poetry is a study of the craft of language. This is the ideal introductory text for students and teachers discovering the art of poetry. As a 'grammar, ' it teaches the fundamentals of poetry from scansion and rhyme to more advanced concepts like spatial poetry and synecdoche.

Using the classical methodology of imitation (advocated by educators like Quintilian and Benjamin Franklin), this text makes students beco...