Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically by Rekdal, Paisley

Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically

What makes reading a poem unlike reading anything else? While there are as many ways to read...
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Author: Paisley Rekdal
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Language: English
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Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically by Rekdal, Paisley

Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically

$45.28

Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically

$45.28
Author: Paisley Rekdal
Format: Paperback
Language: English

What makes reading a poem unlike reading anything else? While there are as many ways to read a poem as there are types of poetry, every poem demands a conscious attention to language. Reading poems forensically helps us bring that attention to our own writing.

In Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens, acclaimed poet and teacher Paisley Rekdal demonstrates how to observe the building blocks of a poem--including its diction, form, imagery, and rhythm--and construct an interpretation of its meaning. Through close analyses of contemporary and classic poems as well as creative exercises and specific, skill-based questions, this book shows how a poem takes shape and accrues meaning through the intersection of all its lyric elements. Lucid and generous, Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens reveals how to read and write critically, and how to appreciate--and achieve--the exhilarating craft of poetry.



Author: Paisley Rekdal
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/22/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780393881981

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