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From: "Gerald England" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: OT- help about poetry forms book
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> From: Ted Slade <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: OT- help about poetry forms book
>
>
> > On 24 Feb 2002, at 20:33, grasshopper wrote:
> >
> > > I've seen mention in the past of a book about poetic forms, in which a
> > > description of each form was given in the shape of that particular
> > > form. Does anyone know the title, author, any details about this book?
> > > Kind regards, grasshopper
> > >
> >
> on my shelf
> > The Poet's Manual and Rhyming Dictionary
> > Frances Stillman
> > Thames and Hudson
> > isbn 0-500-27030-9
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > Ted Slade
>
> My edition of this is dated 1975
>
> Whilst I might quarrel with one or two things in the book
> I've just spent half-an-hour looking through it
> and it remains an excellent piece of work
> explaining as it does many verse-forms
> and many of the terms one comes across
> in describing and critiqueing poetry.
>
> I don't know if the book has been updated at all
> but I'd certainly agree that all would-be poets should read it
> Certainly, now I've blown the dust off its cover
> I'll be delving into it a bit deeper.
>
> yours
> Gerald
>
Several reprints since then, mine is from 2000.
Excellent value.
Roger
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