Poetic Closure A Study of How Poems End

Name: Poetic Closure A Study of How Poems End
Price: 16.46 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780226763439

ISBN-10: 0226763439

ISBN-13: 9780226763439

Edition: 1970

Authors: Barbara Herrnstein Smith

List price: $30.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Buy new: $34.64

Marketplace

3 new & used from $16.46

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

InPoetic Closure, distinguished literary scholar Barbara Herrnstein Smith explores the provocative question: How do poems end? To answer it, Smith examines numerous individual poems and examples of common poetic forms in order to reveal the relationship between closure and the overall structure and integrity of a poem.nbsp;First published in 1968, Smith’s book remains essential reading in poetic theory. “Ranging from Elizabethan lyric through free and syllabic verse and concrete poetry,Poetic Closureis a learned, witty, and richly illustrated study of the behavior of poems. . . . It can be read, enjoyed, studied by people who like reading poetry, including—I would suspect—poets.”—Richard…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1970
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

1 Introduction I A Definition of Poetic Structure II The Perception of Poetic Structure III Poetry and Speech IV Poetry, Form, and Integrity V Style and Conventions VI Closure and Stability 2 Formal Structure and Closure I Introduction II Closure and Formal Conventions: The English Sonnet III Stanzaic Forms IV The Rhymed Couplet V Blank Verse VI Free Verse 3 Thematic Structure and Closure I Introduction II Paratactic Structure III Sequential Structure Temporal Sequence Logical and Syntactic Sequences IV Associative and Dialectic Structure 4 Special Terminal Features I Introduction: Closure and the Sense of Truth II Formal Devices and Nonsytematic Repetition III Puns, Parallelism, and…