Poetic Designs: An Introduction to Meters, Verse Forms, and Figures of Speech

by Stephen Adams

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Adams provides a full treatment of tradition topics, from the iambic pentameter line through other accentual-syllabic rhythms and covering also other types of rhythm, stanza structure, the sonnet and other standard forms. He also includes a variety of other topics, including form in free verse, an extensive treatment of rhyme and literary figures.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1551111292

ISBN13:9781551111292

Release Date:February 1997

Publisher:Broadview Press Inc

Length:252 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Poetry Rhetoric Words, Language & Grammar

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