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An introduction to English poetry / James Fenton.

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  • ISBN: 0374104646
  • ISBN: 9780374104641
  • ISBN: 0374528896
  • ISBN: 9780374528898
  • Physical Description: 137 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: 1st American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in 2002 by the Penguin Group, Great Britain"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
English poetry > History and criticism.
English language > Versification.

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24513. ‡aAn introduction to English poetry / ‡cJames Fenton.
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264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bFarrar Straus Giroux, ‡c2002.
300 . ‡a137 pages ; ‡c20 cm
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500 . ‡a"Originally published in 2002 by the Penguin Group, Great Britain"--T.p. verso.
500 . ‡aIncludes index.
5050 . ‡aThe 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.
650 0. ‡aEnglish poetry ‡xHistory and criticism.
650 0. ‡aEnglish language ‡xVersification.
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