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The Secret Life of Poems: A Poetry Primer
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By: Tom Paulin
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: August 2011
Pages: 256
Categories: Poetry
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780571278718

The Secret Life of Poems is a primer which offers a poem - or on occasion an excerpt - succeeding with commentary in which rhythm, form, metre and sources are the order of the day, not ethical commentary or descriptive paraphrase. This brief engagement with forty-seven poems is intended for students and readers of poetry, and seeks to explain how poetry works by bringing into view the hidden order of specific poems.

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