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The art of the poetic line /

By: Longenbach, James.
Series: Art of series.Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2008Description: xiii, 128 pages ; 18 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781555974886; 9781555974954.Other title: Poetic line.Subject(s): Poetics | Poetry -- AuthorshipDDC classification: 808.1 Also issued online.
Contents:
Line and syntax -- Ending the line -- Poem and prose.
Summary: "Poetry is the sound of language organized in lines." James Longenbach opens The Art of the Poetic Line with that essential statement. Through a range of examples - from Shakespeare and Milton to Ashbery and Glück - Longenbach describes the function of line in metered, rhymed, syllabic, and free-verse poetry.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 808.1 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0084072
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-128).

Line and syntax -- Ending the line -- Poem and prose.

"Poetry is the sound of language organized in lines." James Longenbach opens The Art of the Poetic Line with that essential statement. Through a range of examples - from Shakespeare and Milton to Ashbery and Glück - Longenbach describes the function of line in metered, rhymed, syllabic, and free-verse poetry.

Also issued online.

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