Poetry Handbook: a Dictionary of Terms (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)

This handbook is designed to give knowledge of the craft behind the art of poetry to the general reader, the student, and the practicing poet. Lines, stanzas, and entire poems, as well as analogies with the other arts, illustrate and enrich the discussion.

Alphabetically arranged, the special vocabulary of poetry is easily accessible to the student, reader, or practicing poet. The definitions of poetic forms and techniques, with illustrative models taken from the ancients to the avant-garde, are particularly helpful.