What are some good books on poetry? Currently reading Ron Pretty's

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2016-02-09 16:40:48 Post No. 7678939
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Anonymous 2016-02-09 16:40:48 Post No. 7678939 [Report]

What are some good books on poetry?

Currently reading Ron Pretty's 'Creating Poetry' and Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet'. I'm not so much interested in writing poetry as understanding and appreciating/critiquing it better.

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>>7678939
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Anonymous 2016-02-09 17:07:31 Post No.7679020
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>>7678952

But that's just a book of poetry, not on poetry, isn't it? Or is it really meta or some shit?

Anonymous 2016-02-09 20:20:36 Post No.7679626
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Anonymous 2016-02-09 20:20:36 Post No.7679626 [Report]

Aristotle's poetics is probably a good place as any to start.

Anonymous 2016-02-10 04:45:04 Post No.7681213
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Anonymous 2016-02-10 04:45:04 Post No.7681213 [Report]

>>7678939
read the wiki
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Poetry

Anonymous 2016-02-10 09:03:01 Post No.7681789
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Anonymous 2016-02-10 09:03:01 Post No.7681789 [Report]

>>7679626
stop recommending shit you've never read you idiot. poetics is primarily on dramatic theory. republic has more poetic discussion than that.

Anonymous 2016-02-10 19:39:41 Post No.7683005
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Anonymous 2016-02-10 19:39:41 Post No.7683005 [Report]

Western Wind by Nims is one of the best books on poetry. It breaks down techniques and has tons of examples

Anonymous 2016-02-10 22:18:41 Post No.7683464
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Anonymous 2016-02-10 22:18:41 Post No.7683464 [Report]

>>7683005
Do you know where I might get it online? I live in Asia and its so fucking expensive to ship.

Anonymous 2016-02-10 22:20:33 Post No.7683472
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Anonymous 2016-02-10 22:20:33 Post No.7683472 [Report]

>>7678939

I found this book called The Art of Poetry by Shira Wolosky. It was very helpful for pleb like me, and it also has the endorsements of Harold Bloom and Robert Fagles.

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