How to Read a Poem

ISBN: 978-1-4051-5140-5

Hardcover

194 pages

September 2006, Wiley-Blackwell

Other Available Formats: E-book, Paperback

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A thoughtful and often witty introduction to poetry suitable for both students and general readers.
Written by one of the world's leading literary theorists.
Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content.
Takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the present day and submits them to brilliantly illuminating closes analysis.
Discusses the work of major poets, including John Milton, Alexander Pope, John Keats, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost, W.H.Auden, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, and many more.
Includes a helpful glossary of poetic terms.