The making of a poem : a Norton anthology of poetic forms / edited by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland.

The making of a poem : a Norton anthology of poetic forms / edited by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland.

Norton paperback edition.

9780393321784 (pbk.)
0393321789 (pbk.)

New York : Norton, 2001.

©2000

English

xxxi, 366 pages ; 23 cm

PR1175 .M275 2001

821.008

Two of our foremost poets provide here a lucid, straightforward primer that "looks squarely at some of the headaches and mysteries of poetic form": a book for readers who have always felt that an understanding of form (sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, among others) would enhance their appreciation of poetry. Tracing "the exuberant history of forms," they devote one chapter to each form, offering explanation, close reading, and a rich selection of examplars that amply demonstrate the power and possibility of that form.

Includes indexes.

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