How Poems Get Made
Author | : James Longenbach |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-08-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393355208 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393355209 |
Rating | : 4/5 (209 Downloads) |
Download or read book How Poems Get Made written by James Longenbach and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to writing or reading poetry, by “one of our most lucid and important critics” (American Academy of Arts and Letters). Why does a great lyric poem ask to be reread, even after we know it by heart? In How Poems Get Made, acclaimed poet and critic James Longenbach answers this question by discussing a wide range of exemplary poems, from Shakespeare through Blake, Dickinson, and Moore, to a variety of poets making poems today. In each chapter of How Poems Get Made, Longenbach examines a specific aspect of the poetic medium—including Diction, Syntax, Rhythm, Echo, Figure, and Tone—and shows how a poet may manipulate these most basic elements to bring a poem to life.