The Ode Less Travelled : A guide to writing poetry

Name: The Ode Less Travelled : A guide to writing poetry
Brand: Stephen Fry
SKU: 9780099509349
Price: 10.72 GBP
Availability: InStock

by Stephen Fry

Title:

Author:

Stephen Fry

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

384 pages

Publisher:

TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale

ISBN-13:

9780099509349

EAN:

9780099509349

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

390

Dimensions (mm):

196 x 129 x 25

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£10.72

10 copies in stock

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Description

If you can speak and read English, you can write poetry.The trick is knowing where to start. Stephen Fry, who has long written poems, and indeed has written long poems, for his own private pleasure, invites you to discover the incomparable delights of metre, rhyme and verse forms.Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover's birthday, an epithalamion for your sister's wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government's housing policy, The Ode Less Travelled will give you the tools and the confidence to do so. Brimful of enjoyable exercises, witty insights and simple step-by-step advice, The Ode Less Travelled guides the reader towards mastery and confidence in the Mother of the Arts.