Title:
Poem-making : ways to begin writing poetry
JLCTITLE245:
Myra Cohn Livingston.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c1991.
Physical Description:
x, 162 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780060240196
9780060240202
General Note:
"A Charlotte Zolotow book."
Includes index.
Abstract:
Introduces the different kinds of poetry and the mechanics of writing poetry, providing an opportunity for the reader to experience the joy of making a poem.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The Voices of poetry: The Lyrical voice -- The Narrative voice -- The Dramatic voice -- Apostrophe -- The Mask -- Conversation -- Sound and rhyme: Couplets, tercets, and quatrains -- Longer stanzas -- The Ballad -- Other elements of sound: Repetition -- Alliteration and onomatopoeia -- Off rhyme, consonance, and assonance -- Rhythm and metrics -- Figures of speech: The Simile -- Metaphor -- Personification -- Other forms: Haiku -- The Cinquain -- The Limerick -- Free verse and open forms -- Concrete, shape, and pattern poetry.