num_pages: 228
description: 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 suggestions for usage. For this second revised edition of the Handbook, 19 teaching poets have written 76 entries on traditional and modern poetic forms. The Handbook succintly defines the forms, summarizes ther histories, quotes good examples (both ancient and modern), and offers professional tricks of the trade on how to use each form.
language: English
title: The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms
titlecomplete: The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms
genres: How To, Education, Crafts, Reference, Poetry, Literature, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Writing, Teaching
ratings_count: 342
publisher: Teachers & Writers Collaborative