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<p>Now in its third edition <i>Poetry: The Basics</i> remains an engaging exploration of the world of poetry. Drawing on examples ranging from Chaucer to children's rhymes, Cole Porter to Carol Ann Duffy, and from around the English-speaking world, it shows how any reader can understand and gain more pleasure from poetry. Exploring poetry's relationship to everyday language and introducing major genres and technical aspects in an accessible way, it is a clear introduction to how different types
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- Author
- Wainwright, Jeffrey, author
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781315742137
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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