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by: Robin Behn
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.1
EAN: 9780062730244
ISBN: 006273024X
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 23, 1992
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: September 23, 1992
Sales Rank: 20219
Studio: Collins
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A distinctive collection of more than 90 effective poetry-writing exercises combined with corresponding essays to inspire writers of all levels.
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Rating:  - THE PRACTICE OF POETRY
Some of the exercises stimulate the muse, while others are a bit brief.
The index at the back should have covered topics and concepts.
Rating: - Long and involved
These exercises are quite involved. I was hoping for some exercises for writing poetry in the high school classroom. These took quite a bit of time, but resulted in some good poems.
Rating:  - Not bad
Very detailed, a little too structured for my taste. I would however, reccommend it to more disciplined poets or writers. Good to have as a reference tool.
Rating: - Doing the exercises in this book will help you write better poetry...
The Practice of Poetry is a book that you (sometimes as an individual, sometimes in a group) do, more than a book you read. It doesn't have a lot of data on the technical aspects of poetry (rhyme, meter, style, etc.) It also doesn't address the various schools and movements of poetry. It has a lot of exercises on various aspects of poetry (mining the unconscious, writing in images and metaphors, what voice is being used, the use/misuse of strangeness, poetic structure, the poetry/music connection, ... Read More
Rating:  - Indispensable
I discovered this book during my MA program a few years back. At the time, I'd not seen anything quite like it, aside from Lew Turco's Book of Forms, a book that I enjoyed. But since I'm not a primarily formalist poet, I found Turco's book somewhat wanting.
Robin Behn and Chase Twichell's *The Practice of Poetry* provided a needed alternative. It's filled with great generative poetry writing exercises, each accompanied by a short discussion written by the poet/professor who contributed ... Read More
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