Making Sense of Poetry - Softcover

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A plain-speaking introduction to the study and understanding of poetry. It avoids academic jargon and provides a clear pathway to coming to a deeper awareness of poetry of the present and past ages. Written in a clear and at times amusing style by a long-standing expert in the field. In this second edition, the text has been fully revised and contains much new material, including tutorials with model answers and 'interludes' expanding on specific topics.The guide begins by examining the physical shape of a poem on the page, then moves on to a shopping list of topics:(i)Vocabulary(ii)Imagery(iii) Point of view(iv) Personalities(v) Actions(vi) The senses(vii) Position(viii) Rhythm and rhyme(ix) External references(x) The unexpected

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