A Child's Introduction to Poetry (Revised and Updated)

A Child's Introduction to Poetry (Revised and Updated)
Title A Child's Introduction to Poetry (Revised and Updated) PDF eBook
Author Michael Driscoll
Publisher Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages 99
Release 2020-03-10
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0762469668

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This delightful, interactive journey through the history of the world's poetry includes a removable poster and access to downloadable audio, allowing kids to listen and learn as they experience the magic of the spoken word. Poetry is fun—especially when we can read it, hear it, and discover its many delights. A Child's Introduction to Poetry joyously introduces kids (and parents) to the greatest poets in history—from Homer and Shakespeare to Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou—and provides excellent examples of their work and commentary on what makes it so special and everlasting. The book covers every style of poem, from epics and odes, to nonsense verse and haikus, and is filled with examples of each one. This multimedia package encourages children to listen, read, and learn, and opens the door to a lifetime of appreciation of a rich literary tradition. Also included is a removable, fold-out poster of "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, one of history's most iconic poems.

The Apple That Astonished Paris

The Apple That Astonished Paris
Title The Apple That Astonished Paris PDF eBook
Author Billy Collins
Publisher University of Arkansas Press
Pages 81
Release 2014-02-01
Genre Poetry
ISBN 1610750225

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Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins “the most popular poet in America.” He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recently, The Rain in Portugal: Poems. In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple That Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press’s all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, “I gathered together what I considered my best poems and threw them in the mail.” After “what seemed like a very long time” Press director Miller Williams, a poet as well, returned the poems to him in the “familiar self-addressed, stamped envelope.” He told Collins that there was good work here but that there was work to be done before he’d have a real collection he and the Press could be proud of: “Williams’s words were more encouragement than I had ever gotten before and more than enough to inspire me to begin taking my writing more seriously than I had before.” This collection includes some of Collins’s most anthologized poems, including “Introduction to Poetry,” “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House,” and “Advice to Writers.” Its success over the years is testament to Collins’s talent as one of our best poets, and as he writes in the preface, “this new edition . . . is a credit to the sustained vibrancy of the University of Arkansas Press and, I suspect, to the abiding spirit of its former director, my first editorial father.”

An Introduction to the Old Testament Poetic Books

An Introduction to the Old Testament Poetic Books
Title An Introduction to the Old Testament Poetic Books PDF eBook
Author C. Hassell Bullock
Publisher Moody Publishers
Pages 334
Release 2007-09-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 1575674505

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The poetic books of the Old Testament--Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon--are often called humankind's reach toward God. The other books of the Old Testament picture God's reach toward man through the redemptive story. Yet these five books reveal the very hear of men and women struggling with monumental issues such as suffering, sin, forgiveness, joy, worship, and the passionate love between a man and woman. C. Hassell Bullock, a noted Old Testament scholar, delves deep into the hearts of the five poetic books, offering readers helpful details such as harmeneutical considerations for each book, theological content and themes, detailed analysis of each book, and cultural perspectives. Hebrew is a language of "intrinsic musical quality that naturally supports poetic expression," says Bullock in his introduction. That poetic expression comes from the heart of the Old Testament writers and reaches all of us exactly where we are in our own struggles and joys.

Meter and Meaning

Meter and Meaning
Title Meter and Meaning PDF eBook
Author Thomas Carper
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 184
Release 2003
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780415311748

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Poetry

Poetry
Title Poetry PDF eBook
Author Michael Meyer
Publisher
Pages 668
Release 1998
Genre College readers
ISBN 9780312148355

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An Introduction to English Poetry

An Introduction to English Poetry
Title An Introduction to English Poetry PDF eBook
Author James Fenton
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 151
Release 2002
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0374528896

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An introduction to poetry makes use of prisoner's work songs, Broadway show tunes, and the cries of street vendors to introduce readers to the rhythms of poetry.

The Rattle Bag

The Rattle Bag
Title The Rattle Bag PDF eBook
Author Seamus Heaney
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 497
Release 2005-03-17
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0571225837

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A collection of more than 400 hundred poems from all around the world.