How Poems Get Made

by James Longenbach

Book Overview

Why does a great lyric poem ask to be reread, even after we know it by heart? In How Poems Get Made, acclaimed poet and critic James Longenbach answers this question by discussing a wide range of exemplary poems, from Shakespeare through Blake, Dickinson, and Moore, to a variety of poets making poems today. In each chapter of How Poems Get Made, Longenbach examines a specific aspect of the poetic medium--including Diction, Syntax, Rhythm, Echo, Figure,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393355209
• ISBN13: 9780393355208
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"