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A kick in the head : an everyday guide to poetic forms

Title
A kick in the head : an everyday guide to poetic forms / selected by Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Chris Raschka.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005.
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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  • Janeczko, Paul B.
  • Raschka, Christopher
Description
61 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
In this splendid and playful volume, acclaimed poetry anthologist Paul B. Janeczko and Caldecott Honor illustrator Chris Raschka present lively examples of twenty-nine poetic forms, demonstrating not only the (sometimes bendable) rules of poetry, but also the spirit that brings these forms so wonderfully to life. Featuring formal poems, some familiar and some never before published, from the likes of Eleanor Farjeon (aubade), X.J. Kennedy (elegy), Ogden Nash (couplet), Liz Rosenberg (pantoum), and William Shakespeare, the sonnet king himself, A Kick in the Head perfectly illustrates Robert Frost's maxim that poetry without rules is like a tennis match without a net. --
Subject
  • Children's poetry, American
  • Literary form > Juvenile literature
  • American poetry
  • Literary form
Genre/Form
  • Didactic poetry.
  • Juvenile works.
Awards (note)
  • American Library Association Notables, 2006.
  • Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2005.
  • Horn Book Fanfare List, 2006.
  • School Library Journal Best Books, 2005.
Contents
Couplet -- Tercet -- Quatrain -- Haiku -- Senryu -- Tanka -- Cinquain -- Clerihew -- Limerick -- Roundel -- Double Dactyl -- Triolet -- Sonnet -- Villanelle -- Opposites -- Riddle poem -- Ode -- Acrostic -- Concrete -- Epitaph -- Elegy -- Found poem -- Persona poem -- Poem of address -- Ballad -- Blues poem List poem -- Aubade -- Pantoum.
Call Number
J 811.08 K
ISBN
  • 0763606626
  • 9780763606626
  • 9780606269360
  • 0606269363
  • 0763641324
  • 9780763641320
LCCN
  • 2004048508
  • 9780763606626
OCLC
55495168
Title
A kick in the head : an everyday guide to poetic forms / selected by Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Chris Raschka.
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Study Program
Accelerated Reader 6.0.
Reading Counts! 5.2.
Awards
American Library Association Notables, 2006.
Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2005.
Horn Book Fanfare List, 2006.
School Library Journal Best Books, 2005.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Added Author
Janeczko, Paul B., selector.
Raschka, Christopher, illustrator.
Other Form:
Online version: Kick in the head. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005 (OCoLC)658450660
Other Standard Identifier
9780763606626
Research Call Number
J 811.08 K
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