Stanzas of More Than Four Lines, 48 Certain Other Stanzas, 50 Sapphics and Other Classic Forms, 53 Indentation, 56 DIVISIONS OF POETRY The Couplet, 44 The Triplet or Tercet, 45 The Quatrain, 46 ix
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Īccent and Rhythm, 9 Meter and Metric Feet, 11 Iambic Verse, 13 Trochaic Verse, 16 Anapestic Verse, 18 Dactylic Verse, 19 Variations in Metric Verse, 20 Accent Pattern Instead of Metric, 22 Blank Verse and Free Verse, 23 Line Length in Verse, 25 Important Classical Terms for Poetic Devices, 26 III.Ĭorrect and Incorrect Rhyme, 29 Function and Types of Rhyme, 33 Undesirable Rhymes, 36 Alliteration, 37 Assonance, 38 Consonance, 38 Your Mental Rhyming Dictionary, 40 IV. T H E TECHNIQUE OF VERSIFICATION: RHYTHM. Poetry and Verse, 3 Poetry in Human Affairs, 4 The Poet's Equipment, 5 Poetic Greatness, 5 How Poems Come, 6 Originality in Poetry, 7 II. CLEMENT WOOD.ĬONTENTS THE POET'S CRAFT BOOK I. The technique of rhyming will become as automatic as the technique of walking: and the poetic energy will be proportionately released for the more effective creation of poetry. Once these simple phonetic devices are understood and absorbed, poets and versifiers will begin to think accurately, scientifically and phonetically about rhymes and rhyming. The phonetic devices in the volume are simplified from the leading standard dictionaries, by eliminating in general all phonetic signs except those placed above the accented or rhyming syllable. But finger exercise must precede mastery of the keyboard. Following a model is at best finger exercise. Moreover, it provides models for the most intricate forms of poetry and versification that English-speaking poets use. The introductory study of versification is so complete, that the book will answer almost every question on technique that any wouldbe poet or versifier desires to have answered. The arrangement of rhyming sounds in the present volume is wholly phonetic. The logically arranged rhyming dictionary must be arranged scientifically by sound arranged phonetically, to use the scientific word. Rhyme is exclusively a matter of sound: what the scientists call phonetics. When the versifier's problem is narrowed down to rhyme, the need for a convenient and logically arranged rhyming dictionary soon becomes self-evident. An adequate craftbook on versification is a necessity, when the urge becomes unconquerable. Almost everyone, at some stage of his or her life, has yielded to the seductive siren, and has done his or her best to write poetry. The achievement of this desire may be gained by anyone, without excessive effort. How the Helpmate of Bluebeard Made Free with a DoorĪ Pitcher of Mignonette Behold the Deeds!įOREWORD The desire to write poetry, or at least acceptable verse, is almost universal. The Death of the Hired Man The Black Cottage "Out, Out-" Poem Source Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing ISBN: 5-7 Reprinted by arrangement with Doubleday Printed in the United States of America Published simultaneously in Canada April 1992 25 24 23 OPMĪCKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgment is gratefully made to the following publishers and poets for the portions of their work used as illustrations herein: Publisher Boni & Liveright The trademark Laurel® is registered in the U.S. For information address: Doubleday, New York, New York. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the Publisher, except where permitted by law.
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