How Poems Get Made
, by Longenbach, JamesNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780393355208 | 0393355209
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/28/2018
Why does a great lyric poem ask to be reread, even after we know it by heart? In How Poems Get Made, acclaimed poet and critic James Longenbach answers this question by discussing a wide range of exemplary poems, from Shakespeare through Blake, Dickinson, and Moore, to a variety of poets making poems today. In each chapter of How Poems Get Made, Longenbach examines a specific aspect of the poetic medium—including Diction, Syntax, Rhythm, Echo, Figure, and Tone—and shows how a poet may manipulate these most basic elements to bring a poem to life.