Strand, Mark (Edt)/ Boland, Eavan (Edt)

The making of a poem : a Norton anthology of poetic forms / edited by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland. - New York : Norton, 2001, 2000. - xxxi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Reprint. Originally published: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (page 335) and index.

I: Verse forms: Overview: Fillanelle -- Sestina -- Pantoum -- Sonnet -- Ballad -- Blank verse -- Heroic couplet -- Stanza -- II: Meter -- III: Shaping forms: Elegy -- Pastoral -- Ode -- IV: Open forms.

Provides a detailed explanation of the different forms of poetry--sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina--and explains the origin, traces their history, and provides examples for each form.

0393321789 : PAP 9780393321784 : PAP

SAN 202-5795

2001004850


English poetry.
American poetry.
Literary form.

PR 1175 / .M275 2001