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How to Read a Poem : And Fall in Love with Poetry Paperback - 2000
by Edward Hirsch
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One of America's brightest stars in the field explains the meaning of poetry in everyday life, shows how to read it, and tells readers why poetry is important.
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- Title How to Read a Poem : And Fall in Love with Poetry
- Author Edward Hirsch
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date 2000
- Features Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0156005662I4N00
- ISBN 9780156005661 / 0156005662
- Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9.01 x 6.03 x 1.01 in (22.89 x 15.32 x 2.57 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Reading level 1210
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Themes
- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects Poetics, Poetry - History and criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98050065
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.1
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Summary
How to Read a Poem is an unprecedented exploration of poetry and feeling. In language at once acute and emotional, distinguished poet and critic Edward Hirsch describes why poetry matters and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message can make a difference. In a marvelous reading of verse from around the world, including work by Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, and Sylvia Plath, among many others, Hirsch discovers the true meaning of their words and ideas and brings their sublime message home into our hearts. A masterful work by a master poet, this brilliant summation of poetry and human nature will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives.
First line
Read these poems to yourself in the middle of the night.
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Citations
- Books & Culture, 11/01/2000, Page 33