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Trade ReviewMichael Dirda
The Washington Post Book World Kenneth Koch is one of our finest living poets....
Making Your Own Days is...exhilarating.
David Lehman
American Poetry Review A poet of the highest originality....[Koch] has stretched our ideas of what it is possible to do in poetry.
Frank Kermode I would recommend Koch's way of teaching poetry above all others. His book is informative, witty, and surprising. It's also authoritative...it is a precious defense of poetry.
Ned Rorem Koch is that rare phenomenon, the poet who can write prose -- prose that is necessary and lucid. In his book, he offers a new and healthy dimension to the life of virtually everyone.
Table of ContentsContentsA Brief PrefacePart I The Language of Poetry1. The Two Languages
2. Music
- Repetition and Rhythm
- Line Division
- Meter
- Non-Metrical Poetry
- Rhyme
- Non-Rhyming and Irregularly Rhyming Poetry
- Stanzas and Poetic Forms
3. The Inclinations of the Poetry Language
- Comparisons
- Personification and Apostrophe
- Lies
- A Few Other Inclinations
4. The Poetry BasePart II Writing and Reading Poetry1. Inspiration2. Writing3. Reading
- Long Poems
- Dramatic Poetry
- Poetry in Other Languages and in Translation
Part III An Anthology of PoemsIndexPermissions
