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The Secret Life of Poems: A Poetry Primer

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Description for The Secret Life of Poems: A Poetry Primer Paperback. A primer which offers a poem - or on occasion an excerpt - succeeding with commentary in which rhythm, form, metre and sources are the order of the day, not ethical commentary or descriptive paraphrase. Suitable for students and readers of poetry, it explains how poetry works by bringing into view the hidden order of specific poems. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
The Secret Life of Poems is a primer which offers a poem - or on occasion an excerpt - succeeding with commentary in which rhythm, form, metre and sources are the order of the day, not ethical commentary or descriptive paraphrase. This brief engagement with forty-seven poems is intended for students and readers of poetry, and seeks to explain how poetry works by bringing into view the hidden order of specific poems.

Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571278718
SKU
V9780571278718
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99-3

About Tom Paulin
Tom Paulin was born in Leeds in 1949 but grew up in Belfast, and was educated at the universities of Hull and Oxford. He has published seven collections of poetry as well as a Selected Poems 1972-1990, two major anthologies, two versions of Greek drama and several critical works, including The Day-Star of Liberty: William Hazlitt's Radical Style. Well-known for ... Read more

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