Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse by Mary O

Description: Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse by Mary Oliver An introduction to the sound, rhyme, meter, and scansion of metrical poetry with examples from the Elizabethan Age to Elizabeth Bishop. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, / As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance," wrote Alexander Pope. "The dance," in the case of Oliver's brief and luminous book, refers to the interwoven pleasures of sound and sense to be found in some of the most celebrated and beautiful poems in the English language, from Shakespeare to Edna St. Vincent Millay to Robert Frost. With a poet's ear and a poet's grace of expression, Oliver shows what makes a metrical poem work - and enables readers, as only she can, to "enter the thudding deeps and the rippling shallows of sound-pleasure and rhythm-pleasure that intensify both the poem's narrative and its ideas." Author Biography Mary Oliver is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Red Bird; Our World; Thirst; Blue Iris; New and Selected Poems, Volume One; and New and Selected Poems, Volume Two. She has also published five books of prose, including Rules for the Dance and, most recently, Long Life. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Table of Contents PART ONE: THE RULES 1. Breath 2. Patterns 3. More About Patterns 4. Design: Line Length 5. Release of Energy Along the Line 6. Design: Rhyme 7. Design: Traditional Forms 8. Words on a String 9. Mutes and Other Sounds 10. The Use of Meter in Non-Metric Verse 11. The Ohs and the Ahs 12. Image-Making PART TWO: THE DANCERS ONE BY ONE 13. Style PART THREE: SCANSION, AND THE ACTUAL WORK 14. Scansion: Reading the Metrical Poem 15. Scansion: Writing the Metrical Poem 16. Yourself Dancing: The Actual Work PART FOUR: A UNIVERSAL MUSIC 17. Then and Now Envoi PART FIVE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF METRICAL POEMS Permissions Index Review "What good company Mary Oliver is!" The Los Angeles Times Review Quote "What good company Mary Oliver is!" The Los Angeles Times -- Details ISBN039585086X Author Mary Oliver Publisher Mariner Books Year 1998 Edition 1st ISBN-10 039585086X ISBN-13 9780395850862 Format Paperback Publication Date 1998-07-27 Pages 192 Imprint Houghton Mifflin Subtitle Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse Place of Publication Boston Country of Publication United States DEWEY 808.1 Short Title RULES FOR THE DANCE Language English Media Book Residence MA, US Birth 1935 DOI 10.1604/9780395850862 Audience General/Trade Imprint US Ecco Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:34568857;

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