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The Art of the Poetic Line

By James Longenbach

Book information

Publisher
Graywolf Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9781555974886, 1555974880, 9781555974954, 1555974953
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4189821 bytes)
Series
The Art of series
Edition
First Graywolf Printing
Pages
128\148
Topic
Literature Poetry
Time added
2022-08-13 06:47:47

Description

“Poetry is the sound of language organized in lines.” James Longenbach opens this provocative book with that essential statement. Through a range of examples—from Shakespeare and Milton to Ashbery and Glück—Longenbach describes the function of line in metered, rhymed, syllabic, and free-verse poetry. That function is sonic, he argues, and our true experience of it can only be identified in relation to other elements in a poem. Syntax and the interaction of different kinds of line endings are primary to understanding line, as is the relationship of lineated poems to prose poetry. The Art of the Poetic Line is a vital new resource by one of America’s most important critics and most engaging poets. vii, Preface 3, Line and Syntax 45, Ending the Line 83, Poem and Prose 121, Further Reading 123, References

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