Name: the poem´s heartbeat,a manual of prosody
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Author: Corn, Alfred
ISBN: 9781556592812

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the poem´s heartbeat,a manual of prosody

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Physical Book

Author

Alfred Corn

Publisher

Copper Canyon Press

Language

English

Pages

178

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

18.7 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN

1556592817

ISBN13

9781556592812

Synopsis "the poem´s heartbeat,a manual of prosody"

An indispensable guide for poets, readers, students, and teachers. "The Poem's Heartbeat may well be the finest general book available on prosody."--Library Journal (starred review)"A provocative, definitive manual."--Publishers WeeklyFinally back in print, this slender, user-friendly guide to rhyme, rhythm, meter, and form sparks "intuitive and technical lightning-flashes" for poets and readers curious to know a poem's inner workings. Clear, good-humored, and deeply readable, Alfred Corn's book is the modern classic on prosody--the art and science of poetic meter.Each of the book's ten chapters is a progressive, step-by-step presentation rich with examples to illustrate concepts such as line, stress, scansion marks, slant rhyme, and iambic pentameter. "By the book's end," noted a rave review in The Boston Review, "Corn, magi-teacher and impeccable guide, has taught the novice to become artist and magician." The Poem's Heartbeat also includes a selected bibliography and encourages readers and students to carry their investigations further.The word "line" comes from the Latin linea, itself derived from the word for a thread of linen. We can look at the lines of poetry as slender compositional units forming a weave like that of a textile. Indeed, the word "text" has the same origin as the word "textile." It isn't difficult to compare the compositional process to weaving, where thread moves from left to right, reaches the margin of the text, then shuttles back to begin the next unit . . .

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