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" Writing poetry / "
John Whitworth.
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BL
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| Record Number
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981006
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b735376
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| Main Entry
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Whitworth, John,1945-
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| Title & Author
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Writing poetry /\ John Whitworth.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: A & C Black,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Writing handbooks
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1 online resource (218 pages).
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| ISBN
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1408103079
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: 9781408103074
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| Notes
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Previous edition: 2001.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; 1 Poetry and Myself; 2 What is Poetry?; 3 Modernism, Postmodernism and All That; 4 Words, Words, Words; 5 Poems About . . .; 6 Metaphors, Similes and Images; 7 Patterning; 8 Counting Your Feet -- Poetic Metre; 9 Blank Verse and Free Verse; 10 Syllabic Verse; 11 Rhyme, Near-rhyme and Alliteration; 12 Some Verse Forms; 13 Sonnets; 14 Some Other Verse Forms; 15 Getting it Writ then Getting it Right; 16 Writing for Children; 17 Other Ways of Speaking: Dialect and Nonsense; 18 The Art of Coarse Poetry Reading; 19 Rich and Famous.
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20 Getting Your Poetry into Print21 Books to Read; 22 Poetry and the Internet; Appendix; Index; Index to Exercises; Acknowledgements.
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A practical handbook containing advice, exercises and information. Beginning with a definition of what makes poetry, the author goes on to describe the different forms, how and what to start writing, finding an audience, and getting published.
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Poetry-- Authorship.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Poetry.
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Poetry-- Authorship.
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| Dewey Classification
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808.1
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PN1059.A9W48 2006eb
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