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Rules for the Dance : A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse
Rules for the Dance A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse
Author: Mary Oliver
"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, / As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance," wrote Alexander Pope. "The dance," in the case of Oliver's brief and luminous book, refers to the interwoven pleasures of sound and sense to be found in some of the most celebrated and beautiful poems in the English language, from Shakespeare to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780395850862
ISBN-10: 039585086X
Publication Date: 7/27/1998
Pages: 194
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Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Great instructions on writing poetry in form. Oliver is one of America's great nature poets.


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