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'If you have forgotten what "sprung rhythm" or a Spenserian stanza is, you may use Poetry: The Basics as a reference book, or you may allow Jeffrey Wainwright to guide you from room to room through the house of poetry essentials. In either case, you will find his book reliable, illuminating, and studded with brilliant examples.'
- Billy Collins
'Whether writing about Paradise Lost or the lyrics of Nick Cave, Jeffrey Wainwright is an inspiring and engaging critic of poetry. There are pleasures and insights to be found on every age of this immensely readable book.' - Stephen Regan, Royal Holloway, University of London
'This is a creative and inspiring handbook. It shows the reader how to appreciate poetry and how to compose it, ready to reclaim for it some degree of specialness in language and to make that accessible.' - Bernard O'Donoghue, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, 1995
'Welcoming, entertaining and, incidentally, wonderfully instructive'
- Michael Schmidt, Editor of PN Review
- Billy Collins
'Whether writing about Paradise Lost or the lyrics of Nick Cave, Jeffrey Wainwright is an inspiring and engaging critic of poetry. There are pleasures and insights to be found on every age of this immensely readable book.' - Stephen Regan, Royal Holloway, University of London
'This is a creative and inspiring handbook. It shows the reader how to appreciate poetry and how to compose it, ready to reclaim for it some degree of specialness in language and to make that accessible.' - Bernard O'Donoghue, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, 1995
'Welcoming, entertaining and, incidentally, wonderfully instructive'
- Michael Schmidt, Editor of PN Review
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Demystifies the world of poetry, exploring poetic forms and traditions which can at first seem bewildering and shows how any reader can gain more pleasure from poetry.
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Through evolution, the human vocal tract has become able to give voice to a variety of particular sounds and complex combinations of sounds. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
Through evolution, the human vocal tract has become able to give voice to a variety of particular sounds and complex combinations of sounds. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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