What is poetry?
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 What is poetry?: an introduction
  • 2 Forming the form
  • 3 What is poetry?
  • 4 Impersonation and imagination
  • 5 Poetic techniques
    • 5.1 Lines and line-breaks
    • 5.2 Free verse
    • 5.3 Stanzas and verse
    • 5.4 Tercets
    • 5.5 Quatrains
    • 5.6 Other stanza lengths
  • 6 Rhyme
  • 7 Other rhyming techniques
  • 8 Stress and rhythm
  • 9 Metre
  • 10 Hold that space!
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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