A Poetry Handbook

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A Poetry Handbook
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : 0156724006
ISBN-13 : 9780156724005
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Book Synopsis A Poetry Handbook by : Mary Oliver

Book excerpt: With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems from Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others, Oliver imparts an extraordinary amount of information in a remarkably short space. "Stunning" (Los Angeles Times). Index.


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