Burton Raffel is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities and emeritus professor of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His other translations from the French include Stendhal's The Red and the Black and Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel, winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, 1992.
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A superb introduction,
This review is from: How to Read a Poem (Meridian) (Paperback)
This is still one of the best introductions to poetry ever published -- clear, straightforward, intelligent, richly detailed & written in a distinctive voice. Whether you're a student or simply love poetry, this book will serve as your guide to the world of poetry, not only explaining how it works on a technical level, but on an emotional level as well. There's no dry, above-it-all, academic prose here! Raffel is fiercely engaged with poetry, deeply in love with its beauties & possibilities, and that comes through on every page. Opinionated at times? Yes, and his book is all the better for it. Even when I disagree with his comments on this poem or that poet, I recognize his insight & passion for this wonderful art form. You just won't find a better introduction than this one -- most highly recommended!
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Fantastic Poetry Trainer,
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When I was studying "Introduction to Poetry", I turned to Burton Raffel's "How to Read a Poem," to get the information I needed. Lot's of examples and very informative. This book is a must for anyone wanting to learn about poetry.
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One of the best, if not THE best introductions to poetry,
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I am thrilled to see that this book is still in print. I found my old copy of it and have been using insights from it extensively to lecture in my Oral Interpretation of literature course. There are other fine books on prosody and the workings of poetry, but Raffel's presentation seems to work most effectively. The way the book is structured makes a big difference in introducing it to novices.
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DEFINITIONS TELL US a lot less than demonstrations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Old English, Emily Dickinson, George Herbert, John Milton, Don Juan, William Blake, Little Lamb, John Donne, Lord Byron, Professor Feiling, Christopher Marlowe, Duke of Ferrara, The Dunciad, Frą Pandolf, Middle English, Poems Supplementary, Robert Browning, Sunday Morning, Uncle Robert New!
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DEFINITIONS TELL US a lot less than demonstrations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
five metrical feet, syntactic repetition, metaphorical comparison Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old English, Emily Dickinson, George Herbert, John Milton, Don Juan, William Blake, Little Lamb, John Donne, Lord Byron, Professor Feiling, Christopher Marlowe, Duke of Ferrara, The Dunciad, Frą Pandolf, Middle English, Poems Supplementary, Robert Browning, Sunday Morning, Uncle Robert New!
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- Don Juan (The English poets) by Lord George Gordon Byron on page 33, page 144, and page 145
- Don Juan (Penguin Classics) by Lord George Gordon Byron on page 33, page 144, and page 145
- Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost in Front Matter, page 127, and page 128
- Emily Dickinson by Adele King on page 17, and page 172
- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton on page 238, and page 241
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- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Signet Classics) by Anonymous in Front Matter
- The Taming of the Shrew (The Annotated Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare in Back Matter
- CliffsTestPrep Praxis II: English Subject Area Assessments (0041, 0042, 0043, 0048, 0049) by Diane E. Kern in Back Matter
- The Poetry of Our World: An International Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by Ed J. Paine in Back Matter
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