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A poetry handbook

Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Company, [1994] ©1994
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : First editionView all editions and formats
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Offers advice on reading and writing poetry, and discusses imitation, sound, the line, poem forms, free verse, diction, imagery, revision, and workshops.
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Genre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mary Oliver
ISBN: 9780156724005 0156724006
OCLC Number: 29635959
Notes: Includes index.
"A prose guide to understanding and writing poetry"--Cover.
Description: viii, 130 pages ; 21 cm
Contents: Getting ready --
Reading poems --
Imitation --
Sound --
More devices of sound --
The line --
Some given forms --
Verse that is free --
Diction, tone, voice --
Imagery --
Revision --
Workshops and solitude.
Responsibility: Mary Oliver.
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Offers advice on reading and writing poetry, and discusses imitation, sound, the line, poem forms, free verse, diction, imagery, revision, and workshops.

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