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Dan Valenti – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2024
Poetry has been around for nearly five millennia, yet never has it been more puzzling. Technology, social media, and the blinding pace of contemporary life leave many students and readers in the dark. Just in time, this book comes to the rescue not just with a response to the problem of understanding and enjoying poetry, but it offers a solution.…
Descriptors: Poetry, Teaching Methods, Authors, Poets
Corn, Alfred – 1997
This introduction to prosody--the art and science of metrical composition in poetry--teaches the reader how good poems work. The guide discusses the basic building blocks of poetry, such as rhyme, rhythm, meter, and form. Each of the 10 chapters is a progressive, step-by-step presentation with illustrative examples. The guide does not deal with…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Figurative Language, Independent Study, Language Rhythm