The sound sense of poetry / Peter Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Peter, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetics.

Poetry--Social aspects.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xi, 230 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"What real role can poetry have in the world? How are its truths created by the words and sounds chosen by the poet and by the way readers respond to them? Acclaimed poet Peter Robinson brings his knowledge of poetic art to the understanding of the reader's contribution in enabling poetry to play its part in life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sound sense

Reading techniques

Meter, rhythm, and rhyme

Forming voice, voicing form

Intelligence disabling

Sounding a subject

Burdens of sound

Keeping promises

Responding as uptake

A sense of poetry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108422963

1108422969

OCLC:

1049576818