{"product_id":"the-sounds-of-poetry-a-brief-guide-paperback","title":"The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Pinsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Poet Laureate's clear and entertaining account of how poetry works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Poetry is a vocal, which is to say a bodily, art,\" Robert Pinsky declares in \u003ci\u003eThe Sounds of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. \"The medium of poetry is the human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is as physical or bodily an art as dancing.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Poet Laureate, Pinsky is one of America's best spokesmen for poetry. In this fascinating book, he explains how poets use the \"technology\" of poetry--its sounds--to create works of art that are \"performed\" in us when we read them aloud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe devotes brief, informative chapters to accent and duration, syntax and line, like and unlike sounds, blank and free verse. He cites examples from the work of fifty different poets--from Shakespeare, Donne, and Herbert to W. C. Williams, Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, C. K. Williams, Louise Glück, and Frank Bidart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis ideal introductory volume belongs in the library of every poet and student of poetry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Pinsky\u003c\/b\u003e is Poet Laureate of the United States. FSG published \u003ci\u003eThe Inferno of Dante\u003c\/i\u003e in 1994 and \u003ci\u003eThe Figured Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e in 1996. He teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University and lives in Newton Corner, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 7.52 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755631280416,"sku":"9780374526177","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c9e79387f38d0e0ecedb1047dfb0fb3b.webp?v=1780064138","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sounds-of-poetry-a-brief-guide-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}