{"product_id":"the-puzzle-of-poetry-paperback","title":"The Puzzle of Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Marsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Puzzle of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e offers a better way to understand poetry--not carving a poem into parts or presenting a simple interpretation, but using clues in the text to create a richer understanding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Puzzle of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e offers students a readable, reliable guide to understanding poetry. Instead of carving poems up into their elements, \u003cem\u003eThe Puzzle of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e describes how experienced readers of poems go about understanding them. Each line, sentence, or syntactical unit in a poem is a clue to the \"puzzle.\" As with crossword puzzles, figuring out the answer to one clue can help you figure out the answer to others. This book teaches the reader to check what they know in a poem against what else they know to find meaning, a systematic but creative approach that can help language to come alive. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach chapter contains a lively and personal discussion of one part of the art of reading poetry; a short guide to writing about poetry is also included. The book introduces students to a variety of poems, from Anglo-Saxon verse to \u003cem\u003eHamilton\u003c\/em\u003e and Jay-Z. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Marsh\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729524068415,"sku":"9781554814824","price":67.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e6b5f1a724938b52f432b727b7f9cb03.webp?v=1765122500","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-puzzle-of-poetry-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}