A Poetry Handbook
- ISBN-10
- 0156724006
- ISBN-13
- 9780156724005
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 130
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Mary Oliver
Description
Offers advice on reading and writing poetry, and discusses imitation, sound, the line, poem forms, free verse, diction, imagery, revision, and workshops
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