Poetic Meter and Form

Can you tell an iamb from a trochee? An anapest from an amphibrach? Why do children always take such delight in dactylic tetrameter? Is a ballad the same as a ballade? What is poetic rhythm? In this clever little book, Scottish poet Octavia Wynne examines the elements of poetry, from its various feet, meters and lines, through its patterns, stanzas and rhymes, right up to the poetic forms themselves, with ancient and modern examples from William Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss.

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Octavia Wynne

Product details

• Authors: OCTAVIA WYNNE
• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.02.2016, delayed
• EAN: 9781632864444
• ISBN: 978-1-63286-444-4
• No. of pages: 64
• Series: Wooden Books; Wooden Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Literature - Classics / Criticism