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The poetry handbook : a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism /

Provides a practical guide to the poet's craft. Topics such as metre, form, layout, lineation, punctuation, rhyme, diction and syntax are covered and at the end of each chapter, each topic is applied to the same poem, Nobel-winner Derek Walcott's "Nearing Forty".

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lennard, John
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, c1996.
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0605/96005461-d.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/96005461-b.html