by:
Bugeja, Michael

Publisher:
Writer's Digest Books
Published:August 1, 2001
ISBN:1582971013
Format:Paperback
Pages:339

Description: From Book News, Inc.
You might think poetry can't be taught, at least can't be learned from a book. You might be right or you might be wrong. You'll never know if you don't look. (RC) Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description:
Poets will build their poetry-writing skills with help from past and contemporary masters--everything from generating ideas to examining the finished poem. They'll learn how to: * Use journals to develop their observational skills and turn life experiences into ideas for poems * Master the tools of the trade--voice, line, stanza, title, meter and rhyme * Acquire fluency in a variety of poetry formats and forms, everything from narrative, lyric and dramatic verse (traditional formats) to fixed, free and sequence styles (traditional forms) * Fine tune their work Exercises, assignments and sample work from more than 100 standout poets--everyone from Louise Gland#252;ck to Walt Whitman--ensure that every reader, whether poet, student or bibliophile, discovers just how extraordinary poetry can be.