Rhyme's reason : a guide to English verse / John Hollander.
Record details
- ISBN: 0300027354
- ISBN: 0300027400 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: viii, 54 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1981]
- Copyright: ©1981
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: pages 53-54. |
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Subject: | English language > Versification. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.
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Greensburg-Decatur Co PL - Greensburg | 821 HOL (Text) | 32826000105783 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
Poems by the author complement a guide to writing English verse, surveying the forms and patterns of Old English and looking at an assortment of contemporary styles of free verse - Yale UniversityIn this classic text, the distinguished poet and critic John Hollander surveys the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse, illustrating each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In new essays for this revised edition, J. D. McClatchy and Richard Wilbur each offer a personal take on why Rhymesâs Reason has played an integral role in the education of young poets and student scholars.
â[Hollander] put everything he knew about the structures of poetryâthose fabled magic tricksâinto a sort of guidebook for those starting out on the trail up Mount Parnassus. . . . There are astonishments on every page.ââfrom the Foreword by J. D. McClatchy
âThis bookâs wit and inventive spirit, its self-describing embodiments of form, now offer the beginning poet a happy chance to discover the technician in himself.ââfrom the Afterword by Richard Wilbur
âHow lucky the young poet who discovers this wisest and most lighthearted of manuals.ââJames Merrill
âWhat the E. B. WhiteâWilliam Strunk The Elements of Style is to the writing of prose,Rhymeâs Reason could very easily become to the writing of verse. . . . Marvelously comprehensive, clarifying and useful, [and] a delight to read.ââJohn Reardon,Los Angeles Times Review of Books
âA virtuoso performance and a mandatory text for poetry readers and practitioners alike.ââALA Booklist