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Title: The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky ISBN: 0-374-52617-6 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Enhanced poetry appreciation
Comment: This is obviously not the first book to explore poetry from an angle other than the meaning of its words -- for another example, see John Ciardi's "How Does a Poem Mean?". Nonetheless, it's a very readable discussion of one of the things that distinguishes poetry from prose -- the importance of how it sounds, either spoken aloud or spoken in the reader's mind. I love to read poetry, and this book has given me a new layer of understanding -- both of poems themselves and of what I enjoy about them.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Book, But...
Comment: This book enlightened me regarding both the nuts-and-bolts and the art of poetry. I would recommend it to a thoughtful reader.
However, I had to read a couple of sections more than once, and it took me a while to get through it. I'd say it's a little bit "wordy."
I learned from it. I'm glad I read it. I now appreciate more of the remarkable "language behind the language."
Rating: 5
Summary: fundamental, crucial stuff to be aware of
Comment: for an appreciation of poetry. The sounds of poetry were one of the most important aspects of western poetry before Homer, when the sounds were integral pnemonics for poems to be remembered by many people in many places for long times. Homer's epics were known by rote for their sounds. Language's sounds & music are still one of the most important aspects of poetry today; I think they always will be. Poetics run deep, & with poetry so much is invested in the sounds. This is absolutely the best resource I know for a student of poetry to begin to develop an ear for poetry. To continue to develop it of course you need to care, & you need to read. Pinsky has been doing great services to poetry throughout his career as poet & scholar. I hope this review has been useful to you.
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Title: Rhyme`s Reason: A Guide to English Verse, Third Edition by John Hollander ISBN: 0300088329 Publisher: Yale Nota Bene Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms by Mark Strand, Eavan Boland ISBN: 0393321789 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry by Edward Hirsch ISBN: 0156005662 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 07 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Poetic Meter and Poetic Form by Paul Fussell ISBN: 0075536064 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 01 January, 1979 List Price(USD): $31.25 |
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Title: A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver ISBN: 0156724006 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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