Understanding Poetry

brooks, cleanth

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ISBN 10: 0030074959 ISBN 13: 9780030074950
Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960
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Review: 1. Poetry as a Way of Saying. 2. Dramatic Situation. 3. Description: Images, Modes, and Attitudes. 4. Tone. 5. Analogical Language: Metaphor and Symbol. 6. Theme, Meaning, and Dramatic Structure. 7. Applications: The Poet Looks at a Bird. 8. Poems for Study. 9. Representative Poems of our Time. Appendix A: How Poems Came About -- Intention and Meaning. Appendix B: Metrics. Appendix C: Metaphor and Symbol -- Compared and Contrasted.

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Title: Understanding Poetry
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Acceptable
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

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