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Ode Less Travelled : Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-101592402488
ISBN-139781592402489
eBay Product ID (ePID)52632377
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOde Less Travelled : Unlocking the Poet Within
Publication Year2006
SubjectWriting Skills, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Poetry
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Référence, Poetry
AuthorStephen Fry
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2006-043365
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
IllustratedYes
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal808.1
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisBestselling novelist, comedian, and actor Stephen Fry presents a witty and practical guide that's designed to give the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry., Comedian and actor Fry explains the various elements of poetry in simple terms in his witty and practical guide, giving the aspiring poet the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry., I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry... I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I believe we are all capable of it and furthermore that a small, often ignored corner of us positively yearns to try it. —Stephen Fry, The Ode Less Travelled Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. Many of us have never been taught to read or write poetry and think of it as a mysterious and intimidating form. Or, if we have been taught, we remember uncomfortable silence when an English teacher invited the class to "respond" to a poem. In The Ode Less Travelled, Fry sets out to correct this problem by giving aspiring poets the tools and confidence they need to write poetry for pleasure.Fry is a wonderfully engaging teacher and writer of poetry himself, and he explains the various elements of poetry in simple terms, without condescension. His enjoyable exercises and witty insights introduce the concepts of Metre, Rhyme, Form, Diction, and Poetics. Aspiring poets will learn to write a sonnet, on ode, a villanelle, a ballad, and a haiku, among others. Along the way, he introduces us to poets we've heard of, but never read. The Ode Less Travelledis a lively celebration of poetry that makes even the most reluctant reader want to pick up a pencil and give it a try. BACKCOVER: Advanced Praise: Delightfully erudite, charming and soundly pedagogical guide to poetic form… Fry has created an invaluable and highly enjoyable reference book.” —Publishers Weekly A smart, sane and entertaining return to the basics… If you like Fry’s comic manner… this book has a lot of charm… People entirely fresh to the subject could do worse than stick with his cheerful leadership.” —The Telegraph(UK) …intelligent and informative, a worthy enterprise well executed.” —Observer(UK) "If you learn how to write a sonnet, and Fry shows you how, you may or may not make a poem. But you will unlock the stored wisdom of the form itself." —Grey Gowrie, The Spectator(UK) …intelligent and informative, a worthy enterprise well executed.” —Observer(UK), "I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry... I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I believe we are all capable of it and furthermore that a small, often ignored corner of us positively yearns to try it." Stephen Fry, "The Ode Less Travelled" Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. Many of us have never been taught to read or write poetry and think of it as a mysterious and intimidating form. Or, if we have been taught, we remember uncomfortable silence when an English teacher invited the class to "respond" to a poem. In "The Ode Less Travelled," Fry sets out to correct this problem by giving aspiring poets the tools and confidence they need to write poetry for pleasure. Fry is a wonderfully engaging teacher and writer of poetry himself, and he explains the various elements of poetry in simple terms, without condescension. His enjoyable exercises and witty insights introduce the concepts of Metre, Rhyme, Form, Diction, and Poetics. Aspiring poets will learn to write a sonnet, on ode, a villanelle, a ballad, and a haiku, among others. Along the way, he introduces us to poets we've heard of, but never read. "The Ode Less Travelled" is a lively celebration of poetry that makes even the most reluctant reader want to pick up a pencil and give it a try. BACKCOVER: Advanced Praise: Delightfully erudite, charming and soundly pedagogical guide to poetic form Fry has created an invaluable and highly enjoyable reference book. "Publishers Weekly" A smart, sane and entertaining return to the basics If you like Frys comic manner this book has a lot of charm People entirely fresh to the subject could doworse than stick with his cheerful leadership. "The Telegraph" (UK) intelligent and informative, a worthy enterprise well executed. "Observer" (UK) "If you learn how to write a sonnet, and Fry shows you how, you may or may not make a poem. But you will unlock the stored wisdom of the form itself." Grey Gowrie, "The Spectator" (UK) intelligent and informative, a worthy enterprise well executed. "Observer" (UK)
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