The poem's heartbeat : a manual of prosody
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Port Townsend, Wash. : Copper Canyon Press, [2008].
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9781556592812, 1556592817
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Published
Port Townsend, Wash. : Copper Canyon Press, [2008].
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Book
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xv, 178 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
ISBN
9781556592812, 1556592817

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"The Poem's Heartbeat was originally published by Story Line Press, 1997"--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This guide to rhyme, rhythm, meter, and form sparks intuitive and technical lightning-flashes for poets and readers curious to know a poem s inner workings. Clear, good-humored, and deeply readable, this is the modern classic on prosody, the art and science of poetic meter. Each of the book's ten chapters is a progressive, step-by-step presentation rich with examples to illustrate concepts such as line, stress, scansion marks, slant rhyme, and iambic pentameter. By the enf of this book, the author has taught the novice to become artist and magician. This book also includes a selected bibliography and encourages readers and students to carry their investigations further. The word line comes from the Latin linea, itself derived from the word for a thread of linen. We can look at the lines of poetry as slender compositional units forming a weave like that of a textile. Indeed, the word text has the same origin as the word textile. It isn t difficult to compare the compositional process to weaving, where thread moves from left to right, reaches the margin of the text, then shuttles back to begin the next unit.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Corn, A. (2008). The poem's heartbeat: a manual of prosody . Copper Canyon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Corn, Alfred, 1943-. 2008. The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody. Copper Canyon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Corn, Alfred, 1943-. The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody Copper Canyon Press, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Corn, Alfred. The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody Copper Canyon Press, 2008.

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