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by: Laurence Perrine, Thomas R. Arp, Greg Johnson
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.1
EAN: 9780155073968
ISBN: 0155073966
Label: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
Manufacturer: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 434
Publication Date: June 08, 2000
Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
Sales Rank: 149803
Studio: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
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Product Description:
This classic textbook continues to lead the market and set the standard for introduction to poetry courses. We are fortunate to hold as a new author Greg Johnson, accomplished fiction and novel writer and award-winning creative writing instructor.
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Rating:  - Perriene's Sound and Sense
This book came to me in a short amount of time. It was also in perfect condition. Thanks.
Rating: - Excellent for use with students
I am currently using this book with 11th grade English students, and they have been truly caught up in it. We are actually having arguments in class over poetry!! I do find, however, that it is helpful to do the chapter on rhythm and meter much earlier than I would if I were following the chapters in order. My experience is that students have a difficult time hearing the rhythm of poetry and are generally unable to read aloud with any success. Jumping ahead early to the chapter on rhythm and meter ... Read More
Rating: - Good AP Textbook
My senior AP Literature and Composition class is using this book as a textbook, and I would have to say it is the best high school English book I've ever used. The questions following each included piece really helps you to focus on what is important in the passage, and the introductions to each chapter are brief and to the point.
Rating: - Almost a great resource (that I'd give 3.5 Stars, actually)
My first exposure to Sound and Sense was in high school, and, at the time, I found the book so valuable a resource that I later purchased a copy. Post-college, my views have changed somewhat.
If the tone of the writing was not so condescending, this could be a great book. It defines most of the terms necessary to understand critical texts on poetry, including those analyses related to meter, style, and tone. I find the questions after each poem to be helpful and thought-provoking. ... Read More
Rating: - a little at a time
I've been nibbling away at a 20 year old edition of this book for a few years in my spare time, and almost every bite has increased my abitity to appreciate poetry. I like the examples, most of them seem pretty old, Frost is about as modern as he gets, but thats ok with me. You might find this book a little annoying if it was required reading in a course, sometimes it asks more questions than it answers.
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