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The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide
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The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide Paperback - 1999

by Pinsky, Robert

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Citing the work of 50 different poets--from Shakespeare and Donne to Elizabeth Bishop and Frank Bidart--the Poet Laureate explains the principles of the sounds of what is called poetry.

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  • Title The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide
  • Author Pinsky, Robert
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-09-01
  • Features Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0374526176
  • ISBN 9780374526177 / 0374526176
  • Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.52 x 5 x 0.46 in (19.10 x 12.70 x 1.17 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Oral interpretation of poetry
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.54

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What determines the stress or accent in English words and sentences?

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About the author

Robert Pinsky is Poet Laureate of the United States. FSG published The Inferno of Dante in 1994 and The Figured Wheel in 1996. He teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University and lives in Newton Corner, Massachusetts.