Handbook of Poetic Forms
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 304 701 CS 211 730 AUTHOR Padgett, Ron, Ed. TITLE Handbook of Poetic Forms. INSTITUTION Teachers and Writers Collaborative, New York, N.Y. REPORT NO ISBN-0-915924-23-4 PUB DATE 87 NOTE 241p. AVAILABLE FROMTeachers and Writers Collaborative, 5 Union Square West, New York, NY 10003 ($11.95, paperback). PUB TYPE Books (010) -- Guides - Classroom Use - Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MFO1 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Creative Writing; Literary Devices; Literary Genres; Literary Styles; *Poetry; Secondary Education; Teaching Methods; Writing Instruction IDENTIFIERS *Poetic Forms ABSTRACT Intended for secondary teachers and student writers but useful for anyone interested in poetic forms, this book defines 74 basic poetic forms, summarizes their histories, quotes examples from noted poets, and offers professional tricks of the trade on how to use each form. The book covers the following poetic forms: abstract poem, acrostic, allegory, alliteration, alphabet poem, assonance, ballad, ballade, blank verse, blues poem, bout-rimes, calligram, canto, canzone, cento, chant, cinquain, collaboration, concrete poem, couplet, eclogue, elegy, epic, epigram, epistle, epithalamium, event poem, the foot, found poem, free verse, ghazal, haiku, imitation, insult poem, light verse, limerick, the line, list poem, lune, lyric, macaronis, madrigal, metaphor, nonsense poem, occasional poem, ode, ottava rima, pantoum, parody, pastoral poem, performance poem, projective verse, prose poem, quatrain, rap, renga, rhyme, rhythm, ritual poem, rondeau, satire, senryu, sestina, Skeltonic verse, sonnet, spoonerism, the stanza, syllabic verse, tanka, tercet, terza rima, triolet, villanelle, and word play. Entries are cross-referenced, and a bibliography and list of cited authors are included.
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