{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-poetic-forms-9781032154015","title":"An Introduction to Poetic Forms","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to Poetic Forms\u003c\/em\u003e offers specimen discussions of poems through the lens of form. While each of its chapters does provide a standard definition of the form in question in its opening paragraphs, their main objective is to provide readings of specific examples to illustrate how individual poets have deviated from or subverted those expectations usually associated with the form under discussion. While providing the most vital information on the most widely taught forms of poetry, then, this collection will very quickly demonstrate that counting syllables and naming rhyme schemes is not the be-all and end-all of poetic form. Instead, each chapter will contain cross-references to other literary forms and periods as well as make clear the importance of the respective form to the culture at large: be it the democratising communicative power of the ballad or the objectifying male gaze of the blazon and resistance to same in the contreblazon  the efficacy of form is ex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Repetition and Variation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Gill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECTION ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElements of Form\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Rhyme\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStefan Blohm and Christine A. Knoop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Metre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesper Kruse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Toeing and Breaking the Line: On Enjambment and Caesura\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather H. Yeung\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Persona: Its Meaning and Significance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Dowthwaite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Poetry in Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Bundschuh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECTION TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetic Forms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The Ballad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Charlwood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Blank Verse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalista McRae\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 The Blazon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJordan Kistler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Concrete Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTymon Adamczewski\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 The Dramatic Monologue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriella Hartvig\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Ekphrastic Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnja Müller-Wood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 The Elegy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Gill \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 The Epic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachael Sumner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Free Verse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Rowcroft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 The Heroic Couplet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Streim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 The Long Poem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Gill and Miguel Juan Gronow Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 Mock-Heroic Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePurificación Ribes Traver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 The Ode\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlorian Klaeger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 The Prospect Poem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoslyn Irving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 The Sestina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Kilbane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 The Sonnet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Gill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 The Villanelle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Gill \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018869899607,"sku":"9781032154015","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032154015.jpg?v=1750778461","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-poetic-forms-9781032154015","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}