Understanding Poetry Books

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Old School Indian Old School Indian (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,211 ratings — published
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A Bit Much A Bit Much (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 4,344 ratings — published
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The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 4,724 ratings — published 2022
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William Blake vs the World William Blake vs the World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,033 ratings — published 2021
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How to Write Poetry: A Guided Journal with Prompts How to Write Poetry: A Guided Journal with Prompts (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 42 ratings — published 2020
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Poetry 101: From Shakespeare and Rupi Kaur to Iambic Pentameter and Blank Verse, Everything You Need to Know about Poetry (Adams 101 Series) Poetry 101: From Shakespeare and Rupi Kaur to Iambic Pentameter and Blank Verse, Everything You Need to Know about Poetry (Adams 101 Series)
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avg rating 3.69 — 228 ratings — published 2018
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A Little History of Poetry A Little History of Poetry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 770 ratings — published 2020
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Poets Thinking: Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats Poets Thinking: Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 89 ratings — published 2004
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Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 14,222 ratings — published 2001
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The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 1,829 ratings — published 2016
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Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 760 ratings — published 2016
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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 122 ratings — published 2002
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A Poet's Guide to Poetry (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) A Poet's Guide to Poetry (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 3.91 — 184 ratings — published 1999
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Ordering the Storm: How to Put Together a Book of Poems (Imagination, No. 11) Ordering the Storm: How to Put Together a Book of Poems (Imagination, No. 11)
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avg rating 3.74 — 128 ratings — published 2006
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Poetry Handbook: A Dictionary of Terms Poetry Handbook: A Dictionary of Terms (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 75 ratings — published 1962
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Missing Measures: Modern Poetry and the Revolt Against Meter Missing Measures: Modern Poetry and the Revolt Against Meter (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 40 ratings — published 1990
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Structure & Surprise: Engaging Poetic Turns Structure & Surprise: Engaging Poetic Turns (Perfect Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 127 ratings — published 2007
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The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 353 ratings — published 1987
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A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 143 ratings — published 2011
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Wingbeats: Exercises and Practice in Poetry Wingbeats: Exercises and Practice in Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 87 ratings — published 2011
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The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,043 ratings — published 1978
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Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 60 ratings — published 1971
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Letters to a Young Poet Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 116,530 ratings — published 1929
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,928 ratings — published 2005
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The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,316 ratings — published 1997
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Poetry and Commitment Poetry and Commitment (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 4.19 — 170 ratings — published 2007
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How to Read a Poem How to Read a Poem (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 3.75 — 699 ratings — published 2006
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All The Fun's In How You Say A Thing: An Explanation Of Meter & Versification All The Fun's In How You Say A Thing: An Explanation Of Meter & Versification (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 3.93 — 153 ratings — published 1999
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The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 210 ratings — published 1993
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The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 4.15 — 262 ratings — published 1968
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The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,259 ratings — published 1992
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The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 2,352 ratings — published 2000
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The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 243 ratings — published 1997
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Basil Bunting on Poetry Basil Bunting on Poetry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 24 ratings — published 1999
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Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 0 times as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 4.34 — 983 ratings — published 1997
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The Resistance to Poetry The Resistance to Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 69 ratings — published 2004
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The Freedom of the Poet The Freedom of the Poet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 29 ratings — published 1976
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The Craft of Poetry: Dialogues on Minimal Interpretation The Craft of Poetry: Dialogues on Minimal Interpretation (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.56 — 9 ratings — published 2015
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Poetry: A Modern Guide to Its Understanding and Enjoyment Poetry: A Modern Guide to Its Understanding and Enjoyment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 0 times as understanding-poetry)
avg rating 4.04 — 25 ratings — published 1959
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Wisdom & Metaphor Wisdom & Metaphor (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 82 ratings — published 2008
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Suman Pokhrel
“Poetry emerging from a poet enters into the reader only when it comes within the readers’ 'sphere of intellect. A reader cannot take poetry by expanding it beyond his/her consciousness, rather can take by shrinking it within. Thus, there exists a chance of every poem getting changed while reaching every reader. This ‘getting changed’ is a form of ‘getting translated’, in a way. So, every assimilation of any poem is a translation.”
Suman Pokhrel, भारत शाश्वत आवाज [Bharat Shashwat Aawaz]

Joyce Rachelle
“I am bothered by poems I don't understand.”
Joyce Rachelle

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