Melodies Unheard: Essays on the Mysteries of Poetry

by Anthony Hecht

Book Overview

In these essays, acclaimed poet and critic Anthony Hecht explores the ways in which poetry can be read and the many pleasures it affords. Ranging from Shakespeare's sonnets to Eliot, Frost, and Simic, Melodies Unheard offers profound insight into poetic form, meter, rhyme, and meaning--into the mysteries of poetry itself. Anthony Hecht's vast knowledge of literature and his gift for mesmerizing argument are both amply present in Melodies Unheard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801869560
• ISBN13: 9780801869563
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"