Poetic Form: An Introduction

by David Caplan

Poetic Form offers a clear, compact, and entertaining introduction to the history, structure, and practice of the language's most popular verse forms. KEY TOPICS Written with humor and wit, this guide aims to convey the pleasures of poetry -- a sestina's delightful gamesmanship, an epigram's barbed wit, a haiku's deceptive simplicity -- and the fun of exploring the poetic forms. Each chapter defines a particular verse form, briefly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321198204
• ISBN13: 9780321198204
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 5.7"