The Making of a Poem
Subtitle: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms
By: edited by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland
Contributors: Mark Strand (Editor); Eavan Boland (Editor)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: April 2000
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780393049169
Copyright date: 2000
Table of contents: title: Introductory statement; title: On becoming a poet / Mark Strand; title: Poetic form : a personal encounter / Eavan Boland; title: Part one : Verse forms.; title: Overview; title: The villanelle; title: The sestina; title: The pantoum; title: The sonnet; title: The ballad; title: Blank verse; title: The heroic couplet; title: The stanza; title: Part two : Meter.; title: Meter at a glance; title: A brief checklist of further reading on meter; title: Part three : Shaping forms.; title: Overview; title: The elegy; title: The pastoral; title: The ode; title: Part four : Open forms.; title: Overview; title: Close-up of open forms : "Diving into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich; title: A brief glossary; title: Biographies and further reading; title: Suggested reading