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James Fenton''s An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English.

''It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this'' The Times Literary Supplement



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'It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this' The Times Literary Supplement

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The history and scope of English poetry; where music and poetry divide; the training of the poet; the sense of form; the iambic pentameter; variations in the line; patterns of stress; mysteries of the trochee; the genius of the trochee; the shorter lines; the iambic tetrameter; the longer lines; the shorter stanza; the longer stanza; the sonnet; minor forms; rhyme; syllabics; free verse; writing for the eye; poetic drama and opera.

An Introduction to English Poetry

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 29 May 2003
      ISBN-13 9780141004396
      978-0141004396
      ISBN-10 0141004398
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      Poetry ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      James Fenton''s An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English.

      ''It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this'' The Times Literary Supplement



      Trade Review
      'It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this' The Times Literary Supplement

      Table of Contents
      The history and scope of English poetry; where music and poetry divide; the training of the poet; the sense of form; the iambic pentameter; variations in the line; patterns of stress; mysteries of the trochee; the genius of the trochee; the shorter lines; the iambic tetrameter; the longer lines; the shorter stanza; the longer stanza; the sonnet; minor forms; rhyme; syllabics; free verse; writing for the eye; poetic drama and opera.

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