The art of poetry : how to read a poem /

Preface. 1. Word Choice. 2. Syntax and the Poetic Line. 3. Images: Simile and Metaphor. 4. Metaphor and the Sonnet. 5. The Sonnet. 6. Poetic Conventions. 7. More Verse Forms. 8. Personification. 9. Poetic Voice. 10. Gender and Poetic Voice. 11. Poetic Rhythm: Metric. 12. Poetic Rhythm: Sound and Rhy...

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Main Author: Weiss, Shira Wolosky, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Preface. 1. Word Choice. 2. Syntax and the Poetic Line. 3. Images: Simile and Metaphor. 4. Metaphor and the Sonnet. 5. The Sonnet. 6. Poetic Conventions. 7. More Verse Forms. 8. Personification. 9. Poetic Voice. 10. Gender and Poetic Voice. 11. Poetic Rhythm: Metric. 12. Poetic Rhythm: Sound and Rhyme. 13. Rhetoric: More Tropes. 14. Incomplete Figures and the Art of Reading. Appendix. Glossary. Bibliographical Backgrounds. Index of Poems. Index of Poets. Index of Terms and Topics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 230 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
ISBN:9780199707836
0199707839
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.