Name: The Art of Syntax
ISBN: 9781555975319

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Poetry’s Inner Music

A close, lucid look at how poetic syntax makes meaning move and sound.

Come here for

Attentive readings of Bishop, Frost, Kunitz, Lawrence, and others
A craft-minded account of syntax as poetic architecture

Expect

Musical scoring treated as part of a poem’s meaning
Serious, precise attention to how poems are made

Book Details

Authors: Ellen Bryant Voigt
Publisher: Graywolf
Published: June 23, 2009
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Poetry Writing · LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Composition
Reading lane: Poetry Writing

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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Composition
Poetry Writing
Poetry Criticism

About This Book

With intelligence and precision, Ellen Bryant Voigt parses out the deft and alluring shape of poetic language in The Art of Syntax . Through brilliant readings of poems by Bishop, Frost, Kunitz, Lawrence, and others, Voigt examines the signature musical scoring writers deploy to orchestrate meaning. "This structure—this architecture—is the essential drama of the poem's composition," she argues. The Art of Syntax is an indispensable book on the writer's craft by one of Americ...

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With intelligence and precision, Ellen Bryant Voigt parses out the deft and alluring shape of poetic language in The Art of Syntax . Through brilliant readings of poems by Bishop, Frost, Kunitz, Lawrence, and others, Voigt examines the signature musical scoring writers deploy to orchestrate meaning. "This structure—this architecture—is the essential drama of the poem's composition," she argues. The Art of Syntax is an indispensable book on the writer's craft by one of America's best and most influential poets and teachers.