Based on their extensive teaching experience, the authors provide a lively route map through the main aspects of poetry such as sound effects, rhythm and metre, the typographic display of poems on the page and the language of poetry, using practical examples throughout. The book begins with a brief history of English verse and ends with an extensive glossary of poetical terms.
A chapter on writing poetry including 'Poets on poetry' and 'Forty practical tips' on writing your own poetry
Practical exercises at the end of each chapter based on poems such as Carol Ann Duffy's 'Mrs Sisyphus', 'Wish You Were Here' by Colette Bryce, and Thomas Hardy's Thoughts of Phena at News of her Death'
New readings of individual poems including Gray's 'Elegy', Milton's Paradise Lost, T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, and Adrienne Rich's 'Transcendental Etude'
A guide to further reading
Based on their extensive teaching experience, the authors provide a lively route map through the main aspects of poetry such as sound effects, rhythm and metre, the typographic display of poems on the page and the language of poetry, using practical examples throughout. The book begins with a brief history of English verse and ends with an extensive glossary of poetical terms.
A chapter on writing poetry including 'Poets on poetry' and 'Forty practical tips' on writing your own poetry
Practical exercises at the end of each chapter based on poems such as Carol Ann Duffy's 'Mrs Sisyphus', 'Wish You Were Here' by Colette Bryce, and Thomas Hardy's Thoughts of Phena at News of her Death'
New readings of individual poems including Gray's 'Elegy', Milton's Paradise Lost, T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, and Adrienne Rich's 'Transcendental Etude'
A guide to further reading
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ISBN-13: | 9780748644018 |
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Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
Publication date: | 07/07/2011 |
Pages: | 256 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |