Poetry Made Easy

by Mohamed Zayani

Overview

Many students find poetry hard to handle; for some, this difficulty is almost insurmountable. Compared to other literary forms, poetry is often deemed inaccessible. Poetry Made Easy is intended primarily for college students of English who are intimidated by the experience of undertaking a serious study of poetry. This book covers all significant elements of poetry and has what most outlines for an introductory course on poetry would include, but goes about teaching the course differently. The minimal theory that informs this book reflects a fresh approach to the study of poetry in which the focus is around the poems themselves. Poetry Made Easy attempts to simplify the study of poetry without losing its richness; it provides guidance while encouraging creativity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761823056
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/06/2002
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	110
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

Mohamed Zayani is Associate Professor of Literature and Critical Theory at the American University of Sharjah. He is the author of Reading the Symptom and numerous scholarly articles.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Poetry and Poetics
Chapter 4 Literary Devices
Chapter 5 Figurative Language
Chapter 6 Patterns of Sound
Chapter 7 Exploring Poetry
Chapter 8 Reading and Comprehension
Chapter 9 Analysis and Interpretation
Chapter 10 Writing and Responding
Chapter 11 Comparison and Contrast
Chapter 12 Poems for Further Reading
Chapter 13 Glossary of Literary Terms