Book Paperback: The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms

Book Paperback: The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms Eavan Boland and Mark Strand Pages: 400 Publish date: April 17, 2001 ISBN: 0393321789 Type: Paperback *May have some wear from reading. Pages are intact and may come with some notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged but may have spine creases from reading. Description: “"Concise, learned, revisionary... should enrich the passionate conversation about poetic forms for years to come."― Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry Two of our foremost poets provide here a lucid, straightforward primer that "looks squarely at some of the headaches and mysteries of poetic form": a book for readers who have always felt that an understanding of form (sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, among others) would enhance their appreciation of poetry. Tracing "the exuberant history of forms," they devote one chapter to each form, offering explanation, close reading, and a rich selection of examplars that amply demonstrate the power and possibility of that form.”