**The forms of poetry**: The forms of poetry - A practical study guide for english
These two companion volumes provide students aged 14-18 with a practical map of the various literacy forms of English. Each volume offers a diverse and imaginative anthology chosen from the whole field of English Literature. They aim to encourage students to explore in practical ways the scope development and uses of form in English. Each chapter offers a wide range of stimulating assignments both for use in the classroom and for personal study. Both volumes are illustrated throughout to provide a full context for the writing which is represented. A collection of anthologies, resource and reference books, including titles from Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Alex Madina, Jo Phillips and Adrian Barlow. Author: Peter Abbs and John Richardson
Introduction 1. Signs and the patterns of poetry 2. The voice of poems 3. Observing closely 4. Exploring response 5. Expressing feeling 6. Using imagination 7. Thinking in images 8. Draming and associating 9. Telling and re telling: myth and epic 10. Visual poems 11. Montage, collage and found poetry 12. Free verse 13. Imagism 14. Syllabic verse 15. Metrical and rhyming verse 16. Ballads and folk songs 17. Lyrics, odes and elegies 18. Sonnets and villanelles Glossary of terms Index of poets.
