Description |
xxii, 602 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Poetry as a Way of Saying. 2. Dramatic Situation. 3. Description: Images, Modes, and Attitudes. 4. Tone. 5. Analogical Language: Metaphor and Symbol. 6. Theme, Meaning, and Dramatic Structure. 7. Applications: The Poet Looks at a Bird. 8. Poems for Study. 9. Representative Poems of our Time. Appendix A: How Poems Came About -- Intention and Meaning. Appendix B: Metrics. Appendix C: Metaphor and Symbol -- Compared and Contrasted |
Summary |
Narrative and descriptive poems exemplifying the key elements are presented and analyzed |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes index |
Subject |
American poetry.
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English poetry.
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Poetry -- Study and teaching.
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Author |
Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994.
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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989.
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LC no. |
75025539 |
ISBN |
0030769809 |
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