poetics

A selection of poems and prose writings by American-born English poet, critic, and playwright, T. S. Eliot.

Contains entries that provide explanations, information, and examples of seventy-six poetic forms; arranged alphabetically from abstract poem to word play.

A complete guide to the technique, forms, and rhyming words of English poetry.

Introduces different kinds of poems, including headline, letter, recipe, list, and monologue, and provides exercises in writing poems based on both memory and imagination.

Explains the basics of reading poetry and current types of criticism, illustrates the poetic process, and includes traditional and contemporary works.

A collection of essays, critical articles, reviews, and journal entries which explore the works of Theodore Roethke.

An introductory guide to enjoying poetry that addresses reading and understanding it, covering subject, tone, narrative, and interpretation; its history, from its beginnings through the late twentieth century; and how to write poetry, discussing inspiration, open-form and traditional verse, writing exercises, live readings, and getting published.

A student guide to writing poetry with poems by student winners of the Scholastic Writing Awards.

Presents fresh ways to use poetry in the classroom. Includes poems written by and for children.

Contains lessons and activities designed to help students in grades three through six develop their poetry writing skills, offering advice to teachers on how to introduce poetry to students, discussing different poetry forms, looking at poetic literary tools, and including poem ideas.