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BL
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1002566
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b756936
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| Main Entry
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Livingston, Myra Cohn.
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| Title & Author
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Poem-making : : ways to begin writing poetry /\ Myra Cohn Livingston.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: HarperCollins Publishers,, ©1991.
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| Page. NO
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x, 162 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0060240199
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: 0060240202
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: 9780060240196
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: 9780060240202
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| Notes
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"A Charlotte Zolotow book."
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Includes index.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The Voices of poetry: The Lyrical voice -- The Narrative voice -- The Dramatic voice -- Apostrophe -- The Mask -- Conversation -- Sound and rhyme: Couplets, tercets, and quatrains -- Longer stanzas -- The Ballad -- Other elements of sound: Repetition -- Alliteration and onomatopoeia -- Off rhyme, consonance, and assonance -- Rhythm and metrics -- Figures of speech: The Simile -- Metaphor -- Personification -- Other forms: Haiku -- The Cinquain -- The Limerick -- Free verse and open forms -- Concrete, shape, and pattern poetry.
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| Abstract
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Introduces the different kinds of poetry and the mechanics of writing poetry, providing an opportunity for the reader to experience the joy of making a poem.
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| Subject
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Creative writing (Elementary education), Juvenile literature.
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Poetry-- Authorship-- Study and teaching (Elementary), Juvenile literature.
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Creative writing.
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Poetry-- Authorship.
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Authorship.
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Creative writing (Elementary education)
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Creative writing.
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Poetry-- Authorship-- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Poetry-- Study and teaching.
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| Dewey Classification
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372.6/23
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| LC Classification
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LB1576.L578 1991
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