TY - BOOK AU - Hirsch, Edward,|eauthor TI - The Essential poet's glossary SN - 9780544931237 AV - 808.103 H61e c2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Boston PB - Mariner Books KW - Poetry KW - Glossaries, vocabularies, etc KW - Dictionaries KW - Poetics N1 - "A Poet`s Glossary was an extraordinary achievement, a definitive source for poets and poetry lovers alike. Now, The Essential Poet`s Glossary gleans the fundamentals from that extraordinary volume. Edward Hirsch`s sparkling new work compiles poetic terms spanning centuries and continents, including forms, devices, movements, aesthetics, rhetorical terms, and folklore. Knowing how a poem works is crucial to unlocking its meaning--entries will deepen readers` relationships with their favorite poems and open greater levels of understanding in each new poem they encounter. Shot through with the enthusiasm, authority, and sheer delight that made A Poet`s Glossary and How to Read a Poem so beloved, this essential edition is the book that all readers, writers, teachers, and students of poetry will return to again and again."--Page 4 of cover ER -