{"product_id":"all-the-funs-in-how-you-say-a-thing-an-explanation-of-meter-and-versification-paperback","title":"All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Steele\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for the general reader of poetry, students and teachers of literature, and aspiring poets, \u003ci\u003eAll the Fun's in How You Say a Thing\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively and comprehensive study of versification by one of our best contemporary practitioners of traditional poetic forms. Emphasizing both the coherence and the diversity of English metrical practice from Chaucer's time to ours, Timothy Steele explains how poets harmonize the fixed units of meter with the variable flow of idiomatic speech, and examines the ways in which poets have used meter, rhyme, and stanza to communicate and enhance meaning. Steele illuminates as well many practical, theoretical, and historical issues in English prosody, without ever losing sight of the fundamental pleasures, beauties, and insights that fine poems offer us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written lucidly, with a generous selection of helpful scansions and explanations of the metrical effects of the great poets of the English language, \u003ci\u003eAll the Fun's in How You Say a Thing\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a valuable handbook on technique; it is also a wide-ranging study of English verse and a mine of entertaining information for anyone wishing more fully to write, enjoy, understand, or teach poetry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Steele's\u003c\/b\u003e previous collections of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Color Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSapphics and Uncertainties: Poems 1970-1986\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published two widely discussed works of literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eMissing Measures: Modern Poetry and the Revolt against Meter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English at California State University, Los Angeles. For more information, visit his website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 8.95 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722433237055,"sku":"9780821412602","price":53.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b9990f5e520989a747691c2193f08a99.webp?v=1765095745","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/all-the-funs-in-how-you-say-a-thing-an-explanation-of-meter-and-versification-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}