Rhyme's Reason : A Guide to English Verse : 4th Edition

Rhyme's Reason : A Guide to English Verse : 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780300206296
Publication Date: 12 February 2015

Poet John Hollander surveys the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse in this classic text, illustrating each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In new essays for this fourth edition, J. D. McClatchy and Richard Wilbur each offer a personal take on why the book has played such an important role in the education of young poets and student scholars.

About the Author

John Hollander (1929--2013) was Sterling Professor of English at Yale University. J. D. McClatchy is a poet and literary critic, adjunct English professor at Yale University, and editor of The Yale Review.