Learning Poetry Books?

Question

I'm in college now, and studied poetry a bit in high school. We used a great book called "Sound and Sense," which not only taught the grammatical aspects of poetry, but presented some amazing poems. I am now looking for a book, besides this one, that takes famous poems and disects them line by line explaining what each line means. I feel this will help me get back into learning how to decipher poetry better. Thanks.

Answer 1

There is a set of reference books called "Poetry for Students." Each volume contains 10-15 lengthy essays, each essay focusing on one poet and one particular poem. The essays provide biographical information about the poet, the poem itself, a line-by-line discussion of the poem's meaning, the historical context of the poem, and critical comments from other writers about the poem. Check with your local library to see if it has the set.

Answer 2

I idea poetry writing used to be instinctive. Until I got here into YA Q/A. Now that I have discovered extra, I feel poetry is a craft that's as intricate because the poets that write it. Do poets have got to study the craft? No. But figuring out tips on how to use the gear is a method of bettering any proficiency, poetry incorporated. Thank you for the hyperlink.

Answer 3

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