An introduction to English poetry / James Fenton
2003. London : Penguin. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #441883
Physical description: 137 pages ; 20 cm. Contents: The history and scope of English poetry -- Where music and poetry divide -- The training of the poet -- The sense of form -- The Iambic pentameter -- Variations in the line -- Patterns of stress -- Mysteries of the Trochee -- The genius of the Trochee -- The shorter lines -- The Iambic tetrameter -- The longer lines -- The shorter stanza -- The longer stanza -- The sonnet -- Minor forms -- Rhyme -- Syllabics -- Free verse -- Writing for the eye -- Song -- Poetic drama and opera. Subjects: English poetry History and criticism. English language Versification.
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