The art of poetry : how to read a poem

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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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Weiss, Shira Wolosky, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects:
English language > Versification.
Poetics.
Poetry.
Literature > Philosophy.
Poetry as Topic
poetry.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Individual Words; 2. Syntax and the Poetic Line; 3. Images: Simile and Metaphor; 4. Metaphor and the Sonnet; 5. Verse Forms: The Sonnet; 6. Poetic Conventions; 7. More Verse Forms; 8. Personification; 9. Poetic Voice; 10. Gender and Poetic Voice; 11. Poetic Rhythm: Meter; 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.

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