The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (633 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874513812 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Book by Turco, Lewis
Essential for the study, creation & teaching of poetry Clearly organized and logically ordered, this book details the architecture of hundreds of poetic forms from around the world. Each poem's structure is broken down into a basic blueprint then illustrated with real-world examples. The commentary is scholarly but never so dry as to be unreadable. An excellent "bathroom book" (able to be picked up, opened to any page and enjoyed in brief passages) as well as a clearly written resource for the student, teacher or active poet looking for examples to guide. Negatives: Mr. Turco does not often include the date a poetic form is first known to have been introduced.. without exception, a cornerstone of my library. I have used Turco's "New Book of Forms" in countless situations and needs. I teach my students from it, I use it in my writing, I read from it for entertainment and I examine it for use in historical research. It is as essential to my writing as any book could be.. talesin said A first rate guide to more verse forms than you can believe.. This was actually the first book I ever bought online - and still one of the best purchases I ever made. The first section of the book - "A Handbook of Poetics" - is a detailed and quite scholarly look at the different levels that go in to the making of a poem; the sonic (rhythm/metrics, rhyme etc), the sensory (images, symbols, figures of speech), and the ideational (grammar, syntax, diction/voice). Not exactly light reading, but very informative, and the sort of thing that you will come back to time and time again, and as it is likely that you bought this book wanting "The Handbook of Forms", you can thi