Description
Book SynopsisThe Poetry Toolkit: For Readers and Writers provides students with the essential intellectual and practical tools necessary to read, understand, and write poetry.
- Explains the most important elements of poetry in clear language and an easily accessible manner
- Offers readers both the expertise of an established scholar and the insights of a practicing poet
- Draws on examples from more than 1,500 years of English literature
Trade Review"
The Poetry Toolkit: For Readers And Writers by William Harmon, provides students with the essential intellectual and practical tools to read, understand and write poetry." (
Writers Forum, 1 April 2011)
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Key to Symbols xv
1 The Arts of Story-Telling 1
2 The Arts of Character 40
3 The Arts of Sentiment: States of Mind and Feeling 65
4 The Arts of Diction 82
5 The Arts of Sound 109
Appendix A: Simplified Phonetic Alphabet 133
Appendix B: Summary of Prosody 133
6 The Arts of Layout 139
7 The Arts of Reaction 158
Glossary 177
Suggestions for Reading: A Biased Bibliography 217
Acknowledgments 225
Index 227
