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Staff Pick

I bought A Poetry Handbook when I entered my first poetry-writing class as an undergrad. My professor was a notorious curmudgeon who didn't spare anyone's feelings and expected each progressive class in the term "to separate the sheep from the goats." I was determined not to be a sheep (or a goat?): I was going to be prepared! This book is amazingly detailed for a basic introduction and extremely useful for reading, writing, and talking about many different kinds of poems. A Poetry Handbook not only spared me public humiliation in college, it also gave me a lasting understanding of the mechanics of poetry.
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Publisher Comments:

With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems from Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others, Oliver imparts an extraordinary amount of information in a remarkably short space.

Review:

"Stunning." Los Angeles Times
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About the Author

Mary Oliver is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Red Bird; Our World; Thirst; Blue Iris; New and Selected Poems, Volume One; and New and Selected Poems, Volume Two. She has also published five books of prose, including Rules for the Dance and, most recently, Long Life. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780156724005
Author:
Oliver, Mary
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
San Diego :
Subject:
General
Subject:
English language
Subject:
American poetry
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Authorship
Subject:
Composition & Creative Writing
Subject:
English poetry
Subject:
Versification
Subject:
Poetry -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subject:
English poetry -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subject:
General Literary Criticism & Collections
Subject:
General Poetry
Subject:
English language -- Versification.
Subject:
American poetry -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Copyright:
1994
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
1101
Publication Date:
19940831
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 9
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in 0.38 lb
Age Level:
from 14
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I bought A Poetry Handbook when I entered my first poetry-writing class as an undergrad. My professor was a notorious curmudgeon who didn't spare anyone's feelings and expected each progressive class in the term "to separate the sheep from the goats." I was determined not to be a sheep (or a goat?): I was going to be prepared! This book is amazingly detailed for a basic introduction and extremely useful for reading, writing, and talking about many different kinds of poems. A Poetry Handbook not only spared me public humiliation in college, it also gave me a lasting understanding of the mechanics of poetry.

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"Review" by , "Stunning."
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