Poetic Meter and Poetic Form

Excerpts from distinctive poems illustrate the author's appreciation of the metrical and formal aspects of poetry

• The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms
• Poetic Designs: An Introduction to Meters, Verse Forms, and Figures of Speech
• The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide
• The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody (Copper Canyon Classics)
• Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, Fourth Edition
• Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse
• The Norton Anthology of Poetry
• A Poetry Handbook
• All The Fun's In How You Say A Thing: An Explanation Of Meter & Versification
• The Art of Syntax: Rhythm of Thought, Rhythm of Song