The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms
by:
Mark Strand (author)
Evan Boland (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393049169 (0393049167)
Publish date: April 1st 2000
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Academic,
School,
Reference,
Language,
Literature,
Read For School,
Criticism,
Anthologies,
Crafts,
Poetry
In the introductory statement the writers say this book is intended to answer those basic questions such as how does a sonnet work, what is a Sestina & what rules govern it, how many lines make up a Villanelle & what is it’s rhyme scheme? To do this they have traced the history of the various form...