Book description
The Poetry Toolkit: For Readers and Writers
provides students with the essential intellectual and practical tools
necessary to read, understand, and write poetry.
- Explains the most important elements of poetry in clear language
and an easily accessible manner
- Offers readers both the expertise of an established scholar and
the insights of a practicing poet
- Draws on examples from more than 1,500 years of English literature
William Harmon is the James Gordon Hanes Professor Emeritus in
the Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
Now retired, Harmon is the editor of A Handbook to Literature,
now in its 12th edition, and has published five books of original
poetry and received various awards, including the Robert B. Heilman
Award given by The Sewanee Review for excellence in book reviewing.
