This book includes unique features difficult to find anywhere else:
Essential but non-intimidating instruction on meter and rhyme;
Focused assignments detailing how to make your first attempt at a specific form;
Illuminating discussions on pop culture, figures of speech, difficult themes, and other important topics;
An engaging overview of poetry's history, and why it's important to learn the traditional forms;
Complementing the instruction are many classic and contemporary poems, including recent work by Richard Wilbur, Wendy Cope, X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia, Rachel Hadas, Wyatt Prunty, Alicia Stallings, and many others;
Writing Metrical Poetry is the perfect course in metrical poetry for the person working alone or working in the classroom.
This book includes unique features difficult to find anywhere else:
Essential but non-intimidating instruction on meter and rhyme;
Focused assignments detailing how to make your first attempt at a specific form;
Illuminating discussions on pop culture, figures of speech, difficult themes, and other important topics;
An engaging overview of poetry's history, and why it's important to learn the traditional forms;
Complementing the instruction are many classic and contemporary poems, including recent work by Richard Wilbur, Wendy Cope, X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia, Rachel Hadas, Wyatt Prunty, Alicia Stallings, and many others;
Writing Metrical Poetry is the perfect course in metrical poetry for the person working alone or working in the classroom.
Writing Metrical Poetry: Contemporary Lessons for Mastering Traditional Forms
274
Writing Metrical Poetry: Contemporary Lessons for Mastering Traditional Forms
274
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780984983698 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Measure Press Inc. |
| Publication date: | 07/04/2015 |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 274 |
| Sales rank: | 287,658 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d) |
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