| Description |
ix, 561 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing |
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Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-501) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Writing the poem you read: a view of artistic process -- The elements of relation and resemblance. Line and half-meaning ; Syntax and whole meaning ; Diction and layers in meaning ; Trope and thought ; Rhetoric and speech ; Rhythm as combination -- The elements, controlled in time. Accentual-syllabic meter: the role of stress and interval ; Stanza and rhyme: the role of echo ; Further rhythms in English, counted forms: accentual verse and syllabic verse (including Haiku) ; Further rhythms in English, non-counted forms: the four freedoms of free verse -- Writing in form. Exercises for beginning and advanced writers ; Poetic terms ; Annotated bibliography of further readings. |
| Summary |
Looks at examples of poetry ranging from medieval to modern, discusses style and mode, and provides exercises for beginning and advanced writers. |
| Subject |
Poetics.
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Poetry -- Study and teaching.
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Poetics. (OCoLC)fst01067682
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Poetry -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst01067734
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Gedichten.
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Poetik (DE-588)4046449-0
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| ISBN |
0226437388 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780226437385 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0226437396 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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9780226437392 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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