Companion to the Book of Literary Terms, an indispensable handbook, revised and updated for today's users.

An acute and deeply insightful book of essays exploring poetic form and the role of instinct and imagination within form—from former poet laureate, Pulitzer P

A handbook of poetics discussing all aspects of verse composition & describing over 300 verse forms with examples & schematic diagrams.

A reference guide to various forms of poetry with entries arranged in alphabetical order. Each entry defines the form and gives its history, examples, and sugge