Writing Metrical Poetry: Contemporary Lessons for Mastering Traditional Forms - Softcover

Baer, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582974152 ISBN 13: 9781582974156

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books, 2006

Synopsis

Write poetry in the great metrical tradition of Dante, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Frost, and the poets of the current Formalist revival

&break;&break;In this contemporary guide, you'll learn how to write metrical poetry in all the major forms, from blank verse and quatrains to sonnets and villanelles. Each chapter provides step-by-step instruction that's accessible and easy to understand for even the most beginning poet.

&break;&break;This book includes unique features difficult to find anywhere else:

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• Essential but non-intimidating instruction on meter and rhyme&break;
• Focused assignments detailing how to make your first attempt at a specific form&break;
• Illuminating discussions on pop culture, figures of speech, difficult themes, and other important topics&break;
• An engaging overview of poetry's history, and why it's important to learn the traditional forms

&break;&break;Complementing the instruction are many classic and contemporary poems, including recent work by Richard Wilbur, Wendy Cope, X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia, Rachel Hadas, Wyatt Prunty, Alicia Stallings, and many others.

&break;&break;Writing Metrical Poetry is the perfect course in metrical poetry for the person working alone or working in the classroom.

About this title

About the Author

William Baer is the founding editor and publisher of The Formalist and head of the University of Evansville Press. He is the winner of the T.S. Elliot prize for poetry, a NEA fellowship for fiction and the Jack Nicholson Screenwriting Award. He lives in Evansville, Indiana.

Edition details

• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582974152
• ISBN 13: 9781582974156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264