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The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody
By Alfred Corn
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By Alfred Corn
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An indispensable guide for poets, readers, students, and teachers.
The Poem's Heartbeat may well be the finest general book available on prosody."Library Journal (starred review)
A provocative, definitive manual."Publishers Weekly
Finally back in print, this slender, user-friendly guide to rhyme, rhythm, meter, and form sparks intuitive and technical lightning-flashes" for poets and readers curious to know a poem's inner workings. Clear, good-humored, and deeply readable, Alfred Corn's bo...