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The discovery of poetry : a field guide to reading and writing poems / Frances Mayes.
- Title
- The discovery of poetry : a field guide to reading and writing poems / Frances Mayes.
- Author
- Mayes, Frances
- Publication
- San Diego : Harcourt, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN1042 .M34 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 494 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Beginning with basic terminology and techniques, Mayes shows how focusing on one aspect of a poem can help you to better understand, appreciate, and enjoy the reading and writing experience.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- "A Harvest original."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-481) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Sources and Approaches 1 -- 2. Words: Texture and Sound 24 -- 3. Images: The Perceptual Field 64 -- 4. The Speaker: The Eye of the Poem 132 -- 5. Rhyme and Repetition 158 -- 6. Meter: The Measured Flow 207 -- 7. Free Verse 255 -- 8. Traditional and Open Forms 287 -- 9. Subject and Style 346 -- 10. Interpretation: The Wide Response 402 -- 11. A Poet's Handbook 457.
- ISBN
- 0156007622
- LCCN
- ^^2001024958
- OCLC
- 46918453
- SCSB-11264119
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library