poetics

"This book invites the reader to jump into a selection of poems about emotions written by people from different places and times. It gives the reader the keys needed to unlock poetry. It equips the reader to explore the meanings that a poem has, and it explains the techniques poets use to create an effect."--Back cover.

Using seven poems about choices, discusses how to understand poetry, its meanings, and the techniques that poets use to write them.

A collection of humorous poetry and explains how to explore a poems's meaning and the techniques that poets use to create an effect.

"This book invites the reader to jump into a selection of poems about action written by people from different places and times; gives the reader the keys needed to unlock poetry; equips the reader to explore the meanings that a poem has, and explains the techniques poets use to create an effect"--Back cover.

Friends Sophie and Sadie learn how to write sonnets with the help of their after-school program teacher. Includes creative writing exercises to assist the reader in writing sonnets.

When Pip needs help writing a poem for a school assignment, Penelope teaches him how to write a prose poem. Includes creative writing exercises to assist the reader in writing prose poems.

Nina and Nolan learn about poetry concepts such as alliteration, meter, and rhyme and with it create nonsense poetry. Includes creative writing exercises to assist the reader in writing nonsense poems.

Provides children with practical advice on how to write poems.

"Budding young poets will be introduced to rhyme schemes and metered verse, and be guided through the process of writing their own nursery rhymes"--Publisher.

"Budding young poets will be introduced to poems that tell stories. They will learn how to break poetry into lines and stanzas and helpful techniques show them how to write their own narrative poems"--Publisher.