About this title: With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built--meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems from Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner imparts an extraordinary amount of information in a short space.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780156724005ISBN:0156724006
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780156724005ISBN:0156724006
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780156724005ISBN:0156724006
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"For anyone who ever asked, what is poetry? or how does a poem happen?, this is the book to read. I read this because I loved her work, and I was happy to learn that clearly she had thought deeply into these questions herself, coming up with a readable pedagogy for the student poet or companionable reinforcement for the longtime practitioner."
"The best little book on poetry I've come across. Oliver is a master of beautiful, unshowy simplicity. This book covers the basics of poetry, including sound, diction, tone, meter, rhyme, and imagery, and it explains in clear terms why each component is important, and says at least a thing or two about how to do it "right" (well?) and "wrong" (poorly?). Oliver incorporates good examples and useful quotations. The book is true pleasure: wise, measured, clear."
"An essential and short guide for beginning readers and writers of poetry. Although subtitled "a prose guide to understanding and writing poetry" it seems to be more suited to beginning writers. There are much more interesting and thorough guides to understanding and appreciating poetry. But Oliver clearly describes and defines terminology, forms, etc. I'll be going back to this again and again."
"A thin, clearly written volume that, in the right hands, could spark some excellent class discussions, and/or provide a small foothold of shared understanding to build on in lecture. Difficult to excerpt from, in my experience, which is probably an indication of its integrity."
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