The art and craft of poetry / Michael J. Bugeja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bugeja, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry--Authorship.

Poetry.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

339 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati, Ohio : Writerʾs Digest Books, [1994]

Summary:

This book is about the making of a poet - you. It's written in a particular order to help you develop both yourself as a poet and your poetic works. You begin with a chapter on generating ideas for poems and end with a chapter on the total poem, summarizing key elements in the creation of publishable verse. You'll find three sections in this book: . Journals and Genres: In this section you'll learn how to conceive ideas for poems based on life experience, research and familiarity with traditional genres of poetry. You'll learn how poets use journals to keep track of ideas, and how to develop your ability to contemplate, observe and discover - skills that make superior poets. When you've finished the exercises in this section, you'll have as many as one hundred ideas for poems. Tools of the Trade: Here you'll learn the basics of craft. There are six chapters that focus on voice, line, stanza, title, meter and rhyme. At the end of each chapter you'll write a draft of a poem, focusing on skills learned in that chapter. Formats and Forms: In this section you'll learn about modes and methods of expression, from narrative, lyric and dramatic verse (the traditional formats) to poems in fixed, free and sequence styles (the traditional forms). Here is where you begin work on your drafts, identifying which categories they fall into, studying them and then improving upon them. You'll find dozens of poems by some of the world's most talented contemporary writers. Many of these poets also provide comments about the craft of writing poetry, which adds yet another level of instruction. Also included are poems of great English and American writers, along with work by the author. By including his ownwork, Bugeja is able to illustrate the process of writing poetry in a unique, step-by-step format. What's more, three levels of exercises at the end of each chapter help you generate poems and, ultimately, chapbooks and books. Everything you need to put you on the path of becoming a published poet is here in this book. All that's left is to spark your muse.

Contents:

Part 1 Journals and Genres 5

1 Ideas 6

2 Love Poetry 26

3 Nature and Environmental Poetry 42

4 Extranatural Poetry 66

5 War Poetry 85

6 Political Poetry 103

7 Occasion Poetry 120

Part 2 Tools of the Trade 139

8 Voice 140

9 The Line 151

10 The Stanza 162

11 The Title 175

12 Meter 188

13 Rhyme 200

Part 3 Formats and Forms 215

14 The Narrative Poem 216

15 The Lyric Poem 235

16 The Dramatic Poem 249

17 Free Verse 270

18 The Sonnet 281

19 Form Poems 292

20 The Sequence 321

21 The Total Poem 331.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0898796334

1582971013

OCLC:

29223284