Writing Metrical Poetry

&break;&break;In this contemporary guide, you'll learn how to write metrical poetry in all the major forms, from blank verse and quatrains to sonnets and villanelles. Each chapter provides step-by-step instruction that's accessible and easy to understand for even the most beginning poet.

&break;&break;This book includes unique features difficult to find anywhere else:

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• Essential but non-intimidating instruction on meter and rhyme&break;
• Focused assignments detailing how to make your first attempt at a specific form&break;
• Illuminating discussions on pop culture, figures of speech, difficult themes, and other important topics&break;
• An engaging overview of poetry's history, and why it's important to learn the traditional forms

&break;&break;Writing Metrical Poetry is the perfect course in metrical poetry for the person working alone or working in the classroom.