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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bogen, Nancy, 1932- Be a poet. New York : Twickenham Press, ©2007 (OCoLC)647443345 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nancy Bogen |
ISBN: | 9780936726076 0936726075 |
OCLC Number: | 85019020 |
Awards: | Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Children-Y/A Nonfiction) 2008 |
Description: | 420 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Whither wilst, wit? -- Words, words, words -- Special effects with words -- Rhymes : AKA sound-correspondences -- Rhythm and meter -- The mighty iamb : blank verse to sonnet -- A potpourri of other traditional forms -- Free verse : that mysterious, illusive, misnamed thing -- Getting it all together & then some -- Appendix 1 : useful organizations -- Appendix 2 : mags and zines. |
Responsibility: | by Nancy Bogen, with original illustrations. |
More information: |
Abstract:
This book discusses everything from the study of world, to style choices, to literary techniques. The discussions on rhythm, meter, rhyme, and many forms of poetry are valuable for the writer who is trying to improve and formalize his or her work.
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