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Author:

Fenton, James, 1949-

Title:

An introduction to English poetry / James Fenton.

Edition:

1st American pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Farrar Straus Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

137 p. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

English poetry--History and criticism
English language--Versification.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2002 by the Penguin Group, Great Britain"--T.p. verso. Includes index.

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.

ISBN:

9780374528898 (pbk.)
0374528896 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55017294

Locations:

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)