[From back cover] Learn what makes a good poem - and how to write one! If you're an aspiring poet, this concise, informative handbook can be your most valuable reference source.
Describes and explains all the most common poetic devices-including meter, rhyme, metaphor,and simile.It also introduces you to such classic poetic forms as the ode, the sonnet, andthe ballad-and it shows you how to express your own ideas in verse.
The book was written as a text book for a class on poetry. It does give the reader an easy to follow course on writing poetry and what is poetry. The book definitely gives one a unique sense of style and writing techniques of other poets.
