To Read a Poem / Edition 2

by Donald Hall

Overview

To Read a Poem begins the study of poetry by examining whole poems, emphasizing the goal of reading is not the analysis of parts but the understanding of wholes. For a fuller definition of petry's elements, later chapters concentrate on parts. Selections are frequently modern or contemporary, supplementing them with biographical notes on all poets. To Read a Poem will help students read poetry with intelligence, gusto, and discrimination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780030555398
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/02/1992
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.45(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

1. Good Poems. 2. Poems are Made of Words. 3. Images. 4. Figures of Speech, Especially Metaphors. 5. Tone, with a Note on Intentions. 6. Symbols and Allusions. 7. The Sound of Poems. 8. Meter and Rhyme. 9. Forms and Types of Poetry. 10. Versions of the Same. 11. Five Poets. 12. A Gathering of Poems.