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xxii, 377 pages ; 21 cm Includes index What is poetry? -- Reading the poem -- Denotation and connotation -- Imagery -- Figurative language 1 : metaphor, personification, metonymy -- Figurative language 2 : symbol, allegory -- Figurative language 3 : paradox, overstatement, understatement, irony -- Allusion -- Meaning and idea -- Tone -- Musical devices -- Rhythm and meter -- Sound and meaning -- Pattern -- Bad poetry and good -- Good poetry and great -- Poems for further reading

Author

Perrine, Laurence

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc

Published

1977

Language

EN

ISBN

9780155826045

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

3.92 / 5 (572 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14