Poem's Heartbeat A Manual of Prosody

Name: Poem's Heartbeat A Manual of Prosody
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ISBN: 9781556592812

ISBN-10: 1556592817

ISBN-13: 9781556592812

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alfred Corn

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"The Poem's Heartbeat may well be the finest general book available on prosody."-Library Journal (starred review) "A provocative, definitive manual."-Publishers Weekly Finally back in print, this slender, user-friendly guide to rhyme, rhythm, meter, and form sparks "intuitive and technical lightning-fl ashes" for poets and readers curious to know a poem's inner workings. Clear, good-humored, and deeply readable, Alfred Corn's book is the modern classic on prosody-the art and science of poetic meter. Each of the book's ten chapters is a progressive, step-by-step presentation rich with examples to illustrate concepts such as line, stress, scansion marks, slant rhyme, and iambic pentameter.…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 140
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English