The Make It Fun Guide to Poetry - Couverture souple

Hartsfield, Larry K

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0983919038 ISBN 13 : 9780983919032

Editeur : Wolfdancer Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

The Make It Fun Guide to Poetry takes a clear, engaging approach to the study and enjoyment of poetry, emphasizing that this art form, from its historical roots to its modern expression, is vibrant, fun, and accessible to everyone. Professor Larry Hartsfield uses examples of poetry drawn from nursery rhymes, epics, limericks, folk ballads, and traditional favorites to demonstrate the range of poetry. He explains the various literary devices and tools that poets use in a way that’s easy to understand. The book also includes a wide variety of activities designed to make reading and writing poetry fun. This book is for anyone who wants to learn more about poetry. Teachers and students of English and Language Arts, in particular, should find this guide useful and helpful as a resource or as a supplemental text. The simple and direct explanations of technique and poetic devices as well as the range of activities help the reader and student enjoy the study of poetry. Professor Hartsfield presents detailed treatments of the central elements of poetry such as language use, types of poetry, rhythm, meter, rhyme, figurative language, and symbolism. This book will stimulate new ways of thinking about poetry for teachers, students, and writers.The Make it Fun Guide to Poetry presents poetry as something all of us can enjoy. Anyone interested in writing poetry and understanding poetry more deeply will find a wealth of information in this book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Larry Hartsfield is a professor of English and Communications at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Professor Hartsfield has won awards for excellence in teaching at his college and at the state level. He received his Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Texas at Austin. His pleasure in poetry and of playing with words began with nursery rhymes read to him by his parents as a child and have followed and guided him through his career in the study and teaching of the art of language.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wolfdancer Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0983919038
• ISBN 13: 9780983919032
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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