Poetry:The secret gems of poetry revealed
For undergraduate and post-16-level English Literature and creative writing students
Information Points
- Motivated market - students under intense pressure for coursework and exams
- Right student approach - full coverage of the topic, but very concise and focused
- Authoritative - written by an experienced and successful English lecturer
- Quick revision summaries - one-minute overviews in every chapter
- End-of-chapter tutorials - to aid progress and improve understanding
In Focus- A Studymates Series
Who else wants to be able analyse the War Poets?
Here is how poetry works
Do you need to write about poetry or want to understand poems?
In this book you will discover the key to understanding poetry, and the secrets, which will raise your understanding. The book shows you how poetry works and how to make sense of it.
This book explains:
- what is poetry?
- register and referentiality
- metaphor and rhetorical tropes and structures
- metre
- genre and style
This book is ideal for:
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Students taking college or university-based English first year degree courses
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Students taking A-Level courses in English Literature
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College and university central and English Department libraries
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People who love language and want to understand more about language
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Creative writers and students of creative writing