English Faculty Books
Title
Poetic Form: An Introduction
Files
Description
Poetic Form offers a clear, compact, and entertaining introduction to the history, structure, and practice of the language's most popular verse forms. Written with humor and wit, this guide aims to convey the pleasures of poetry -- a sestina's delightful gamesmanship, an epigram's barbed wit, a haiku's deceptive simplicity -- and the fun of exploring the poetic forms. Each chapter defines a particular verse form, briefly describes its history, and offers examples. Writing exercises challenge students to utilize the forms in creative expression. Covering a wider range of forms in greater detail and with more poetic examples than similar guides on the market, it provides enough material to thoroughly introduce the language's major forms while allowing flexibility in the classroom.
ISBN
9780321198204
Publication Date
2007
Publisher
Pearson Longman
City
New York
Recommended Citation
Caplan, David, "Poetic Form: An Introduction" (2007). English Faculty Books. 8.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/eng_books/8