This book is about reading and studying poetry. Using fully-worked examples and complete poems wherever possible, it shows all the key elements of poetry 'at work' in poems READING POETRY -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents --...
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This book is about reading and studying poetry. Using fully-worked examples and complete poems wherever possible, it shows all the key elements of poetry 'at work' in poems READING POETRY -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface. About this book -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: 'One small step' -- Part I. Reading the lines -- 1. Meaning -- 2. Imagery -- 3. Diction -- 4. Metre -- 5. Form -- Part II. Reading between the lines -- 6. Close and distant reading -- 7. Feeling and sentiment -- 8. Text and context -- 9. Poems and pictures -- 10. Sequences and clusters -- Part III. Reading beyond the lines -- 11. Time and place -- 12. Poetry with theory -- 13. Minimalism and micro-poetry -- 14. Concrete canticles 15. Textual genesis -- End-note -- List of poems discussed -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index
