The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody (Copper Canyon Classics)

"The Poem's Heartbeat may well be the finest general book available on prosody."-Library Journal (starred review)

"A... Comments: Alfred Corn's book is an excellent resource for intermediate and advanced... The title does more justice than the subtitle. Such a pleasure to read, poet... I've read a few of these 'manuals on prosody' and I found Corn's to be one of... This (sub)titles itself "A Manual of Prosody", as it indeed is. Actually, it is... The best way to craft quality poetry is to read the masters, present and past:... Read More »

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