Each of the twelve chapters of How Poems Get Made examines a specific aspect of the poetic medium: diction, syntax, rhythm, echo, figure, repetition and more. Acclaimed poet and critic James Longenbach shows how a poet may manipulate these most basic elements of diction and syntax to create voice, image, tone or song, and bring a poem to life.
James Longenbach is the author of six books of poems-including Earthling, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award-and eight books of prose. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, the Nation, and elsewhere. The recipient of an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors, he lives in Rochester, New York.
Title: How Poems Get Made
Author: Longenbach, James
ISBN: 9780393355208
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Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Publication Date: 2018-09-28
Number of Pages: 176
Weight: 0.1811 kg