A brief yet detailed review of the Edward Hirsch book I posted about yesterday.
How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry by Edward Hirsch
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If one were to judge solely by the mundane title, one might expect this to be a different book—i.e. more along the lines of “Poetry for Dummies.” That’s not what Hirsch is offering with his book. There’s plenty of opportunity to learn to differentiate pentameter from tetrameter or a lyric from an epic poem, but the book isn’t arranged according to such fundamentals. It might even take one a few pages (or chapters) to realize there is an organizing structure. But you’ll get there because of the author’s contagious passion for poetry and his presentation, and an analysis, of many beautiful poems by masters such as Keats, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Neruda, and many others–more ancient or modern and equally or less well-known. In the end, you’ll think…
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It’s a great book.
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Oh, yes. Lively, passionate…
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Great review, can’t wait to read this , thank you for bringing it to our attention! 🙂
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A great read!
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