Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse
- ISBN-10
- 0300043074
- ISBN-13
- 9780300043075
- Series
- Rhyme's Reason
- Category
- Engelse taal
- Pages
- 88
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Author
- John Hollander
Description
In Rhyme's Reason, a work that has already become a classic text, the distinguished poet and critic John Hollander surveyed the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse, illustrating each variation with an original and wittily self-descriptive example.
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