Title: The Poetry Toolkit: The Essential Guide to Studying Poetry.
Abstract: Copyright Acknowledgements List of Terms Acknoweldgements Preface to the 2nd Edition Part I: Introducing Poetry Introduction: How to Use this Book 1. Types and Traditions Epic Lyric Ballad Love Poetry Elegy Pastoral Light Verse Part II: Technical Vocabulary 2. Forms Variable Forms Fixed Forms Visual Forms Hybrid Forms 'Formless' Forms 3. Prosody Stress Metre Feet Metrical Lines 4. Rhyme Perfect Rhymes Imperfect Rhymes Sight and Sound Effects Rhyme Schemes 5. Stanza One-line Stanzas and Refrains Two-line Stanzas (Couplets) Three-line Stanzas (Tercets) Four-line Stanzas (Quatrains) Longer-length Stanzas 6. Wordplay Tropes Schemes Part III: Practical 7. Close Readings Sample close reading of Felicia Hemans Sample close reading of Peter McDonald Sample close reading of Hart Crane and Frank O'Hara Sample close reading of William Carlos Williams Sample close reading of William Cowper and Philip Gross Sample close reading of Sharon Olds Suggested Exercises Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading Index
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-07
Language: en
Type: article
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