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1	The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms more books like this by Ron Padgett (Editor) add to wishlist In this comprehensive reference guide, poetic forms are illuminated in thorough two-page definitions and exemplified by diverse writers, including Shakespeare and Ann Waldman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.20! \| SVS
2	Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse more books like this by Professor John Hollander add to wishlist In this witty handbook Hollander explains poetic form in the actual form in question. The entry on "sestina" is a sestina, "villanelle" is defined with a villanelle, and in turn each difficult form is rendered in an accessible, concrete example. Hollander also provides a more literary example of many of the forms, drawing models from throughout ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.55! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Complete Rhyming Dictionary more books like this by Clement Wood, Ronald J Bogus (Revised by) add to wishlist Revised and updated with over 10,000 new entries for poets, songwriters, and lyricists, this book is ready for today's demanding wordsmiths. see all copies from $3.09! new only from $4.44! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Poetic Meter and Poetic Form more books like this by Paul Fussell add to wishlist The title of this book may suggest that it is designed as a latter-day Gradus ad Parnassum to teach aspiring writers to produce passable verses. It is not. It is intended to help aspiring readers deepen their sensitivity to the rhythmical and formal properties of poetry and thus heighten their pleasure and illumination as an appropriately skilled ... see all copies from $18.46! new only from $30.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse more books like this by Mary Oliver, Mary Cliver add to wishlist With a poet's ear and a poet's grace of expression, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Mary Oliver shows what makes a metrical poem work--and enables readers, as only she can, to "enter the thudding deeps and the rippling shallows of sound-pleasure and rhythm-pleasure that intensify both the poem's narrative and its ideas". see all copies from $2.95! new only from $5.73! \| first editions
6	All the Funs in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter & Versification more books like this by Professor Timothy Steele add to wishlist Emphasizing both the coherence and diversity of English metrical practice from Chaucer to today, Steele explains how poets harmonise the fixed units of meter with the variable flow of idiomatic speech, and examines the ways they use meter, rhyme and stanza to communicate and enhance meaning. see all copies from $2.65! new only from $12.72! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics more books like this by Lewis Turco add to wishlist Companion to the Book of Literary Terms, an indispensable handbook, revised and updated for today's users. see all copies from $7.71! new only from $23.40! \| first editions \| SVS
8	New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets' Handbook more books like this by Burges Johnson add to wishlist Since its first publication, this dictionary has been used as a reference source for poets and writers seeking the right words and rhythms to express themselves. The handbook section of the book provides a convenient reference source on patterns of rhythm, including definitions and illustrations of each of the regular meters, and examples of every ... see all copies from $2.45! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Poet's handbook more books like this by Judson Jerome add to wishlist This handbook teaches the basics of the modern poet's craft: diction, imagery, metrics, verse forms, symbolism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody more books like this by Alfred Corn add to wishlist ""The Poem's Heartbeat "may well be the finest general book available on prosody."-"Library Journal "(starred review) "A provocative, definitive manual."-"Publishers Weekly" Finally back in print, this slender, user-friendly guide to rhyme, rhythm, meter, and form sparks "intuitive and technical lightning-fl ashes" for poets and readers curious to ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.16! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Patterns of Poetry: An Encyclopedia of Forms more books like this by Miller Williams add to wishlist see all copies from $3.12! new only from $13.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	Words to Rhyme with more books like this by Willard Espy add to wishlist What rhymes with orange? Willard Espy's acclaimed rhyming dictionary has the answer. A long-time favorite resource for poets, songwriters, and language lovers, Words to Rhyme With lists more than 80,000 rhyming words divided into single, double, and triple rhymes. A 100-page primer gives readers the essentials of poetic technique, and a glossary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.44! \| first editions
13 view cover	Shakespeare's language more books like this by Frank Kermode add to wishlist The distinguished and prolific author of this critical work has a lifetime's worth of experience studying and teaching the plays and poems of Shakespeare. Here he provides an historical discussion of the development of the language in the plays, arguing that it must have seemed near-miraculous even at the time the plays were first staged. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Shakespeare's Metrical Art more books like this by George T Wright add to wishlist This is a wide-ranging, poetic analysis of the great English poetic line, iambic pentameter, as used by Chaucer, Sidney, Milton, and particularly by Shakespeare. George T. Wright offers a detailed survey of Shakespeare's brilliantly varied metrical keyboard and shows how it augments the expressiveness of his characters' stage language. see all copies from $18.45! new only from $28.63! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Prosody Handbook: A Guide to Poetic Form more books like this by Robert Beum, Karl Shapiro add to wishlist Written by two major American poets, this systematic study of meter, tempo, rhyme, and other components of verse incorporates countless vivid illustrative examples. Concise and informal, it progresses from the smaller elements to the larger: from syllables to feet to lines to stanzas, and from smaller stanzas to larger ones. see all copies from $5.23! new only from $5.58! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody, Revised Edition more books like this by Alfred Corn add to wishlist "The Poem's Heartbeat" is a progressive, step-by-step introduction to prosody--the art and science of metrical composition in poetry. This second edition includes a new appendix of sample scansions, and a comprehensive index of poets and poems cited. "This intelligent, user-friendly book is a quality guide to rhyme, rhythm, meter, and form for ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $84.66! \| first editions
17 view cover	Writing Metrical Poetry: Contemporary Lessons for Mastering Traditional Forms more books like this by William Baer add to wishlist "Writing Metrical Poetry" heralds a return to prominence for formal verse-sonnets, ballads, blank verse and other forms. With a contemporary, accessible voice it stands apart from other coverage on the subject. The features include: clear, unintimidating explanations from a recognised master of metrical poetry; instruction illustrated with work ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Poetic Designs: An Introduction to Meters, Verse Forms, and Figures of Speech more books like this by Stephen Adams add to wishlist see all copies from $6.85! new only from $63.02! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Shapes of Our Singing: A Comprehensive Guide to Verse Forms and Metres from Around the World more books like this by Robin Skelton add to wishlist The Shapes of Our Singing presents all the major and most of the minor verse forms from the poetic traditions of the entire world. Robin Skelton gives a synopsis and list of rules for each form, and brings each form to life with an original poem, making this not only an invaluable resource but a moving testament to the poetic impulse. Featuring ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.73! \| first editions
20 view cover	Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, New Enlarged Edition more books like this by Professor John Hollander add to wishlist In this witty handbook Hollander explains poetic form in the actual form in question. The entry on "sestina" is a sestina, "villanelle" is defined with a villanelle, and in turn each difficult form is rendered in an accessible, concrete example. Hollander also provides a more literary example of many of the forms, drawing models from throughout ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $48.48! \| first editions
21	Prosody Handbook more books like this by Karl Jay Shapiro, R Beum add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	An Introduction to English Poetry more books like this by James Fenton add to wishlist James Fenton provides a thorough grounding in English poetry, which he claims began in Tudor times, explicating the sonnet, illuminating free verse, describing the form and effects of iambic pentameter and its variations, and much more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.92! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The poet's manual and rhyming dictionary more books like this by Frances Stillman add to wishlist A useful aid for all committed and aspiring poets. A good rhyming dictionary is an essential tool for all writers of verse. This volume is compactly arranged to allow writers to find the rhymes they need quickly and easily. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.43! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Melodious Guile: Fictive Pattern in Poetic Language more books like this by Professor John Hollander add to wishlist Demonstrating a poet's imaginative ear and a critic's range of concern, John Hollander here writes about the "melodious guile" with which poetry speaks to us. Through analysis of formal and rhetorical patterns in examples chosen from the whole spectrum of English and American poetry, Hollander describes how poems frame self-reflexive parables in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Meter in Poetry: A New Theory more books like this by Nigel Fabb, Morris Halle add to wishlist Many of the great works of world literature are composed in metrical verse, that is, in lines which are measured and patterned. Meter in Poetry: A New Theory is the first book to present a single simple account of all known types of metrical verse, which is illustrated with detailed analyses of poems in many languages, including English, Spanish, ... see all copies from $27.95! new only from $37.90!

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