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Unread 12-19-2002, 09:28 AM
Richard Wakefield Richard Wakefield is offline
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Bob:
Fussell's book is "Poetic Meter and Poetic Form," I believe.
I also use C. Hugh Holman's "A Handbook of Literary Terms" quite a bit, and it has helpful references to more exhaustive sources.
As this list of suggestions grows, I think it's a good idea to say again that reading ABOUT poetry must always be secondary -- important, but secondary. Reading poetry itself is primary, and reading it for pleasure, reading it aloud, listening to other people read it. That's a big advantage of the anthologies.
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