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From the winner of the Bollingen Prize in poetry and author of the classic bestseller "Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?" comes a unique, highly entertaining book for anyone who wants to be a better reader and writer of poetry.
Table des matières
ContentsA Brief PrefacePart I The Language of Poetry1. The Two Languages
2. Music- Repetition and Rhythm
- Line Division
- Meter
- Non-Metrical Poetry
- Rhyme
- Non-Rhyming and Irregularly Rhyming Poetry
- Stanzas and Poetic Forms
3. The Inclinations of the Poetry Language- Comparisons
- Personification and Apostrophe
- Lies
- A Few Other Inclinations
4. The Poetry BasePart II Writing and Reading Poetry1. Inspiration2. Writing3. Reading- Long Poems
- Dramatic Poetry
- Poetry in Other Languages and in Translation
Part III An Anthology of PoemsIndexPermissions
A propos de l'auteur
Kenneth Koch is the author of many books of poetry, most recently
Straits, and won the Bollingen Prize for Poetry in 1994. He has also published fiction and plays, as well as books on the teaching of poetry:
Wishes, Lies and Dreams; Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?; and
I Never Told Anybody. He lives in New York City, where he is professor of English at Columbia University.
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Ned Rorem Koch is that rare phenomenon, the poet who can write prose -- prose that is necessary and lucid. In his book, he offers a new and healthy dimension to the life of virtually everyone.
