A Grain of Poetry: How to Read Contemporary Poems and Make Them Part of Your Life
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Poetry has the power to move and challenge the reader. It can intensify or even celebrate misery, be cynical or wry, or just laugh outright in an outrageous way. Poetry is as serious and as antic as life, and yet reading modern poetry can be difficult, shocking to our sense of what language is our must be. In A Grain of Poetry, Herbert Kohl opens the door to communication with poetry--the whole range and variety of contemporary poetic voices...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0060187832
ISBN13:9780060187835
Release Date:March 1999
Publisher:Harper
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"
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A Helpful Guide to Interpreting Poetry
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book helps readers new to poetry find ways to absorb a poem's meaning. There is usually no right or wrong answer when reading a poem; instead, it's an emotional response. This book gives helpful suggestions about how to get in touch with your emotional response to a poem.
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