Poetry A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)

Name: Poetry A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)
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ISBN: 9780205655151

ISBN-10: 0205655157

ISBN-13: 9780205655151

Edition: 6th 2009

Authors: R. S. Gwynn

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Brief and affordable! This pocket-sized anthology focus on the poems at a cost well under that of traditional anthologies. KEY TOPICS: Chronologically organized, the selections represent the full range of poetic tradition from popular ballads to contemporary work. Diversity and flexibility are reflected in the selections by women and writers of colorrepresenting over a third of the bookand by the inclusion of virtually every traditional poetic form used in English-language poetry. Updates include twenty-five new selections from previously unrepresented poets, as well as different offerings from previously anthologized writers. Contemporary poets new to this anthology include Joseph…

Book details

List price: $41.20
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 10/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



asterisks indicate selections new to this edition


Introduction


An Anecdote: Where Poetry Starts


Speaker, Listener, and Context


""The Star-Spangled Banner""


Lyric, Narrative, Dramatic


The Language of Poetry


Figurative Language


Allegory and Symbol


Tone of Voice


Repetition: Sounds and Schemes


Meter and Rhythm


Free Verse, Open Form and Closed Forms


Stanza Forms


Fixed Forms


A Brief Note: Literary History, Poetic Conventions, and Theory


Writing about Poetry


Poetry


Anonymous


Western Wind


Bonny Barbara Allan


Sir Patrick Spens


Sir Thomas