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How poems get made / James Longenbach.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]Description: 176 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393355208 (paperbaks)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.1 23
LOC classification:
  • PN 1059 L852h 2018
Contents:
Diction-- Syntax-- Voice-- Figure-- Rhythm-- Echo-- Image-- Repetition-- Song-- Tone-- Prose-- Poetry--
Summary: "Each of the twelve chapters of How Poems Get Made examines a specific aspect of the poetic medium: diction, syntax, rhythm, echo, figure, repetition, and more. Acclaimed poet and critic James Longenbach shows how a poet may manipulate these most basic elements of diction and syntax to create voice, image, tone, or song, and bring a poem to life. Why does a great lyric poem ask to be reread, even after we know it by heart? In How Poems Get Made, Longenbach answers this question by discussing a wide spectrum of exemplary poems, from Shakespeare through Dickinson, Stevens, and Moore, to a variety of poets making poems today. How Poems Get Made is the perfect guide both in the classroom and beyond. Longenbach's clear, wise lessons are essential to anyone interested in composing or appreciating a poem"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1059 L852h 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174603

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index.

Diction--
Syntax--
Voice--
Figure--
Rhythm--
Echo--
Image--
Repetition--
Song--
Tone--
Prose--
Poetry--

"Each of the twelve chapters of How Poems Get Made examines a specific aspect of the poetic medium: diction, syntax, rhythm, echo, figure, repetition, and more. Acclaimed poet and critic James Longenbach shows how a poet may manipulate these most basic elements of diction and syntax to create voice, image, tone, or song, and bring a poem to life. Why does a great lyric poem ask to be reread, even after we know it by heart? In How Poems Get Made, Longenbach answers this question by discussing a wide spectrum of exemplary poems, from Shakespeare through Dickinson, Stevens, and Moore, to a variety of poets making poems today. How Poems Get Made is the perfect guide both in the classroom and beyond. Longenbach's clear, wise lessons are essential to anyone interested in composing or appreciating a poem"-- Provided by publisher.

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