The poetry handbook
a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism
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Author
Publication
1996 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
54,750 words, Guess
Page Count
219 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100198711549
- ISBN-100198711492
- ISBN-139780198711544
- ISBN-139780198711490
- Goodreads1704266', '4734418
Classifications
- DDC808.1
- LCCPR502 .L38 1996
- LCCPR502.L38 1996
First Sentence
This is analysed as five feet, each foot consisting of an unstressed beat following by a stressed beat; I have a separated the feet with a vertical slash: When I I do COUNT I the CLOCK I that TELLS I the TIME This kind of foot is called an iamb (pronounced e-AMB) and there are five of them, so the line is an iambic pentameter (from the Greek word [pente], meaning 'five').
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