The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms

by Ron Padgett

Overview

This bestselling reference guide includes 76 entries on traditional and modern poetic forms. Defined in alphabetical order, each entry is allotted 1-7 pages with examples and histories of-and ideas for using-each form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780915924608
Publisher:	Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Table of Figures	xii
	Preface	xiii
	Poetic Forms
	Abstract Poem	1
	Acrostic	4
	Allegory	6
	Alliteration	8
	Alphabet Poem	11
	Apostrophe	14
	Assonance	16
	Ballad	18
	Ballade	22
	Blank Verse	25
	Blues Poem	29
	Bouts-Rimes	32
	Calligram	34
	Canto	38
	Canzone	40
	Cento	42
	Chant	45
	Cinquain	49
	Collaboration	51
	Concrete Poem	53
	Couplet	58
	Eclogue	60
	Elegy	62
	Epic	65
	Epigram	67
	Epistle	69
	Epitaph	71
	Epithalamium	73
	Event Poem	74
	Foot	76
	Found Poem	79
	Free Verse	82
	Ghazal	84
	Haiku	86
	Imitation	89
	Insult Poem	91
	Light Verse	93
	Limerick	94
	Line	96
	List Poem	100
	Lune	103
	Lyric	105
	Macaronic Verse	107
	Madrigal	110
	Metaphor	112
	Nonsense Verse	115
	Occasional Poem	117
	Ode	118
	Ottava Rima	124
	Pantoum	126
	Parody	129
	Pastoral Poem	132
	Performance Poem	134
	Projective Verse	140
	Prose Poem	142
	Quatrain	144
	Rap	146
	Renga	148
	Rhyme	152
	Rhythm	154
	Ritual Poem	156
	Rondeau	160
	Satire	163
	Senryu	168
	Sestina	170
	Skeltonic Verse	175
	Sonnet	178
	Spoonerism	181
	Stanza	183
	Syllabic Verse	185
	Tanka	187
	Tercet	189
	Terza Rima	192
	Triolet	194
	Villanelle	197
	Walk Poem	200
	Word Play	207
Appendix A	Other Forms	208
Appendix B	Authors Cited	209
	Bibliography	215
	Other Resources: Audiocassettes	223
	Videocassettes	224
	CD-ROMs	226
	Web Sites	227