Poetry: The Basics

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Psychology Press, 2004 - 223 Seiten

How do I read a poem? Do I really understand poetry?
This comprehensive guide demystifies the world of poetry, exploring poetic forms and traditions which can at first seem bewildering. Showing how any reader can gain more pleasure from poetry, it looks at the ways in which poetry interacts with the language we use in our everyday lives and explores how poems use language and form to create meaning.
Drawing on examples ranging from Chaucer to children's rhymes, Cole Porter to Carol Ann Duffy, and from around the English-speaking world, it looks at aspects including:

  • how technical aspects such as rhythm and measures work
  • how different tones of voice affect a poem
  • how poetic language relates to everyday language
  • how different types of poetry work, from sonnets to free verse
  • how the form and 'space' of a poem contributes to its meaning.

Poetry: The Basicsis an invaluable and easy to read guide for anyone wanting to get to grips with reading and writing poetry.

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BECAUSE THERE IS LANGUAGE THERE IS POETRY
1
DELIBERATE SPACE
7
TONES OF VOICE
30
THE VERSE LINE MEASURES
56
FREE VERSE
85
RHYME AND OTHER NOISES
102
STANZA
121
IMAGEIMAGINATIONINSPIRATION
156
CONCLUSION
180
GLOSSARY
182
BIBLIOGRAPHY
206
INDEX
215
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Autoren-Profil (2004)

Jeffrey Wainwright has taught poetry for many years in universities and is currently Professor of English at Manchester Metropolitan University. His work has been included in several anthologies, including (1982) and (1998)

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