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by: James Longenbach
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.1
EAN: 9781555974886
ISBN: 1555974880
Label: Graywolf Press
Manufacturer: Graywolf Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 120
Publication Date: December 26, 2007
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Sales Rank: 13920
Studio: Graywolf Press
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Rating: - An absolute must-read for poets and would-be poets of all walks of life.
Poet and literary critic James Longenbach presents The Art Of The Poetic Line, a discussion of the function of the line in metered, rhymed, syllabic, and free-verse poetry. Drawing upon classic examples ranging from Shakespeare and Milton to Ashbery and Gluck, The Art of the Poetic Line demystifies ambiguous elements in creating poetry to evoke mood and experience. "Poems are poems because we want to listen to them. Some poems have a prominent argument; some poems don't. But all poems live or die ... Read More
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