The Art of Poetry How to Read a Poem

by Wolosky, Shira

• ISBN13: 9780195371185
• ISBN10: 0195371186
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780190451622
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

A uniquely comprehensive, step-by-step introduction to poetic form, The Art of Poetry moves progressively from smaller units such as the word, line, and image, to larger features such as verse forms and voice.In fourteen engaging, eloquently written chapters, Wolosky explores in depth howpoetry works while offering brilliant readings of some of the finest lyric poetry in the English and American traditions. Both readers new to poetry and poetry veterans will be moved and enlightened as Wolosky interprets works by William Shakespeare, John Donne, William Blake, William Wordsworth,Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Sylvia Plath, and others.Featuring a comprehensive bibliography, a glossary of poetic terms, and a new appendix of suggestions for further reading, The Art of Poetry is a rich source of inspiration.

Author Biography

Shira Wolosky isProfessor of English and American Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Preface

Word Choice

Syntax and the Poetic Line

Images: Simile and Metaphor

Metaphor and the Sonnet

The Sonnet

Poetic Conventions

More Verse Forms

Personification

Poetic Voice

Gender and Poetic Voice

Poetic Rhythm: Metric

Poetic Rhythm: Sound and Rhyme

Rhetoric: More Tropes

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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