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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking The Poet Within
by FRY, Stephen
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0099509342
- ISBN 13
- 9780099509349
- Seller
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Stockport, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Arrow, 2007. Paperback. First edition, 2007. VG condition; tanning to fore edges, appears unread. Published: Arrow, 2007
Synopsis
Comedian and actor Stephen Fry's witty and practical guide, now in paperback, gives the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry.Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. In The Ode Less Travelled, he invites readers to discover the delights of writing poetry for pleasure and provides the tools and confidence to get started. Through enjoyable exercises, witty insights, and simple step-by-step advice, Fry introduces the concepts of Metre, Rhyme, Form, Diction, and Poetics.Most of us have never been taught to read or write poetry, and so it can seem mysterious and intimidating. But Fry, a wonderfully competent, engaging teacher and a writer of poetry himself, sets out to correct this problem by explaining the various elements of poetry in simple terms, without condescension. Fry's method works, and his enthusiasm is contagious as he explores different forms of poetry: the haiku, the ballad, the villanelle, and the sonnet, among many others. Along the way, he introduces us to poets we've heard of but never read. The Ode Less Travelled is not just the survey course you never took in college, it's a lively celebration of poetry that makes even the most reluctant reader want to pick up a pencil and give it a try.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roy Turner Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11473
- Title
- The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking The Poet Within
- Author
- FRY, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0099509342
- ISBN 13
- 9780099509349
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Roy Turner Books
Biblio member since 2017
Stockport, Cheshire
About Roy Turner Books
With more than thirty years' experience of collecting literary first editions, I specialise in the areas of both contemporary and earlier fiction, poetry, drama and children's books with particular emphases on signed modern firsts, authors' first and early published books, American and Irish literature and literary prize-winning writers.
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