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An introduction to English poetry

Book  - 2002
821.009 Fento
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  • ISBN: 0374104646
  • ISBN: 0374528896
  • Physical Description 137 pages
  • Edition 1st American ed.
  • Publisher New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.

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Includes index.
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LSC 29.95

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Syndetic Solutions - Table of Contents for ISBN Number 0374104646
An Introduction to English Poetry
An Introduction to English Poetry
by Fenton, James
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Table of Contents

An Introduction to English Poetry

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
1The History and Scope of English Poetryp. 1
2Where Music and Poetry Dividep. 10
3The Training of the Poetp. 16
4The Sense of Formp. 22
5The Iambic Pentameterp. 26
6Variations in the Linep. 32
7Patterns of Stressp. 36
8Mysteries of the Trocheep. 39
9The Genius of the Trocheep. 43
10The Shorter Linesp. 48
11The Iambic Tetrameterp. 53
12The Longer Linesp. 56
13The Shorter Stanzap. 61
14The Longer Stanzap. 71
15The Sonnetp. 77
16Minor Formsp. 82
17Rhymep. 93
18Syllabicsp. 99
19Free Versep. 102
20Writing for the Eyep. 108
21Songp. 115
22Poetic Drama and Operap. 122
Glossaryp. 126
Indexp. 133