A major new guide to writing and understanding poetry
This volume was first published in 1957 and was intended as an appreciation of poetry, based on the study of authors' corrected manuscripts, revised published versions, transpositions of prose into verse, and contrasted translations.
"Richard Hugo's free-swinging, go-for-it remarks on poetry and the teaching of poetry are exactly what are needed in classrooms and in the world."—James Dickey Richard Hugo was that rare phenomenon of American letters—a distinguished ...
For high school students.
The Poet's Craft
This book assumes a knowledgeable reader, that is, one who already knows the language of poetry and already practices the craft. This book is organized into thirteen sections, each one devoted to a specific poetic strategy.
Overview: "One of the virtues of good poetry is the fact that it irritates the mediocre." Theodore Roethke was one of the most famous and outspoken poets and poetry teachers...
Among those who have at least a nodding acquaintance with the works of writers such as W.H. Auden, Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, Stanley Kunitz and Denise Levertov, this collection of...
An in-depth handbook for the advanced student of poetry
Harder to navigate than a bending reed, the canzone has proved the trickiest stream to get written fast, let alone to be read. How quickly did the troubadours read, and what, from this experience, did they gain?
Each of these thirty craft tips is followed by a Model poem and a Prompt based on the poem. Each model poem is used as a mentor, expressing the underlying philosophy of the book that the best teacher of poetry is a good poem.