{"product_id":"the-sounds-of-poetry-a-brief-guide","title":"The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide","description":"The Poet Laureate's clear and entertaining account of how poetry works.\n\n\"Poetry is a vocal, which is to say a bodily, art,\" Robert Pinsky declares in The Sounds of Poetry. \"The medium of poetry is the human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is as physical or bodily an art as dancing.\"\n\nAs Poet Laureate, Pinsky is one of America's best spokesmen for poetry. In this fascinating book, he explains how poets use the \"technology\" of poetry--its sounds--to create works of art that are \"performed\" in us when we read them aloud.\n\nHe devotes brief, informative chapters to accent and duration, syntax and line, like and unlike sounds, blank and free verse. He cites examples from the work of fifty different poets--from Shakespeare, Donne, and Herbert to W. C. Williams, Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, C. K. Williams, Louise Glück, and Frank Bidart.\n\nThis ideal introductory volume belongs in the library of every poet and student of poetry.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374266956\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0374266956.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pinsky, Robert\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516214091834,"sku":"DBV.0374266956.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0374266956-0.jpg?v=1783722817","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-sounds-of-poetry-a-brief-guide","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}