The Art and Craft of Poetry. What works, what doesn't and why, with methods to generate poems, and examples from Shakespeare to Olds.

Bugeja, Michael J.

ISBN 10: 1582971013 / ISBN 13: 9781582971018

Verlag: Cincinnati Writer's Digest Books, 1994

Beschreibung

339 S., broschiert ; Sprache: englisch ; guter Zustand, keine Gebrauchsspuren, keine Mängel ;

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 43793

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Art and Craft of Poetry. What works, what doesn't and why, with methods to generate poems, and examples from Shakespeare to Olds.
• Verlag: Cincinnati Writer's Digest Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1582971013
• ISBN-13: 9781582971018
• Einband: Softcover
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • englisch-sprachige Literatur

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Inhaltsangabe

Designed to teach the craft of writing poetry, this volume discusses the different types of poems, detailing the steps in writing each type, and includes examples of poems by such masters as Milton, Poe, Shakespeare, Rossetti, and Eliot.

Reseña del editor

With The Art & Croft of Poetry, poets will build their poetry-writing skills with help from past and contemporary masters - everything from generating ideas to examining the finished poem. They'll learn how to:. Use journals to develop their observational skills and turn life experiences into ideas for poems. Master the tools of the trade - voice, line, stanza, title, metre and rhyme. Acquire fluency in a variety of poetry formats and forms, everything from narrative, lyric and dramatic verse (traditional formats) to fixed, free and sequence styles (traditional forms). Fine tune their work Exercises, assignments and sample work from more than 100 standout poets - everyone from Walt Whitman to Louise Gluck - ensure that every reader, whether poet, student or bibliophile, discovers just how extraordinary poetry can be.