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Author: Sara Thorne
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 2006-07-14
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780333698754
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMastering Poetry is a practical book with wide-ranging examples, detailed commentaries and frameworks for analysis. Whether you are studying or reading poetry for pleasure, it will help you to move beyond your first response to an analytical understanding of the relationship between content, language, structure and style.
Author: Crispin Tennant
Publisher: Richards Education
Published:
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Crafting Verse: Mastering the Art of Poetry" is a comprehensive guide designed to empower aspiring poets on their creative journey. With ten richly detailed chapters, this book explores every facet of poetic expression, from harnessing inspiration to refining technique, and from exploring themes to sharing your work with the world. Delving into the intricacies of language, form, and emotion, each section provides practical insights, hands-on exercises, and inspiring examples to help you unlock your poetic potential. Whether you're a seasoned wordsmith or just starting out, "Crafting Verse" offers invaluable guidance, encouraging you to embrace your unique voice, experiment with different forms, and cultivate a lifelong practice of poetic exploration. From finding inspiration in everyday life to navigating the complexities of narrative poetry, this book is your indispensable companion on the path to writing amazing poetry.
Author: Sharon R Wilson-Strann
Publisher:
Published: 2019-06-23
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781075805769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMastering Poetry for the CSEC English B Examination is a new concept in preparing Caribbean secondary school students for the regional literature exams. This handbook explores the poems that will be covered in the 2018-2023 and the 2023-2027 CSEC English B examination in a systematic way in order to guide students through their studies. Alongside sections on understanding figurative language, tips on essay writing, sample essays and a glossary of literary terms, the treatment of each poem includes the following features: a summary of the text, an exploration of the subjects or issues, a description of the poetic techniques used, a variety of pre- and post-reading activities, and a list of websites or books that relates to the text.
Author: William Baer
Publisher: Measure Press Incorporated
Published: 2015-07-04
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780984983698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWrite poetry in the great metrical tradition of Dante, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Frost, and the poets of the current Formalist revival. 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 beginning poet. This book includes unique features difficult to find anywhere else: Essential but non-intimidating instruction on meter and rhyme; Focused assignments detailing how to make your first attempt at a specific form; Illuminating discussions on pop culture, figures of speech, difficult themes, and other important topics; An engaging overview of poetry's history, and why it's important to learn the traditional forms; 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; Writing Metrical Poetry is the perfect course in metrical poetry for the person working alone or working in the classroom.
Author: Ollie Schminkey
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Published: 2021-05-25
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 1638340226
DOWNLOAD EBOOK2022 Midwest Book Awards- Debut Poetry Finalist 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Da Vinci Eye Finalist 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Grand Prize Short List 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Poetry Honorable Mention 2019 Button Poetry Video Contest Winner Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schminkey's debut. Every page is raw, honest and unforgettable. Dead Dad Jokes brings the impact of addiction into crisp focus while also shattering our simplistic TV preconceptions about it. Ollie never lets the reader slip into the easy sadness of cliche - instead they guide us through the realities and contradictions of losing someone you love and of death - reminding us that they need not be one and the same.
Author: Shu-Ling Wu
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-11
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1351805266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMastering Advanced Modern Chinese through the Classics is a textbook to teach those who wish to achieve an advanced or native proficiency and cultural competence in modern Chinese, as well as to experience the beauty of Classical Chinese literature. Collecting representative works containing vibrant views of Chinese culture from different dynasties, this book is focused on how the grammatical patterns, vocabulary, and idioms that are found in Classical Chinese are relevant in the modern adaptation of the language, and how the accumulated traditional values and beliefs found there still shape the thinking and lifestyle of modern society. Online resources including audio, answer keys, and instructor aids will be part of the teaching package.
Author: Billy Collins
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011-04-26
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 0679604502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWINNER—BEST POETRY—GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSWEEK/THE DAILY BEAST NATIONAL BESTSELLER Billy Collins is widely acknowledged as a prominent player at the table of modern American poetry. And in this smart, lyrical, and mischievous collection of poetry, which covers the everlasting themes of love and loss, youth and aging, solitude and union, Collins’s verbal gifts are on full display. Note to Readers: adjusting the size of the type on your e-reading device may affect the line formatting of this eBook. We have formatted the eBook so that any words that get bumped to a new line in a poem will be noticeably indented.
Author: Richard Gill
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2006-07-28
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 0230208525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third edition of this leading text provides a comprehensive guide to literary study. Emphasis has been placed on contextualizing literature and this updated version takes these changes into account by incorporating more material on historical and cultural contexts as well as in-depth discussions on novels, drama and poetry.
Author: Kay Ulanday Barrett
Publisher: Topside Heliotrope
Published: 2016-06-07
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781627290159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKay Ulanday Barrett has been bringing his unique poetry to audiences for over a decade, unpicking vital political questions around race, sickness and disability and gender, and chronicling the everydayness of life in the U.S. Empire with humor, poignancy and inimitable vitality. Now at last a generous selection of his work will be available in print. Each of these poems is a brilliant little story. Taken together, they show a master craftsman at the top of his game. Pre-order them now.
Author: Richard Gill
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2006-07-28
Total Pages: 639
ISBN-13: 1350315095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third edition of this leading text provides a comprehensive guide to literary study. Emphasis has been placed on contextualizing literature and this updated version takes these changes into account by incorporating more material on historical and cultural contexts as well as in-depth discussions on novels, drama and poetry.
