Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End

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1971
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In Poetic Closure , distinguished literary scholar Barbara Herrnstein Smith explores the provocative question: How do poems end? To answer it, Smith examines numerous individual poems and examples of common poetic forms in order to reveal the relationship between closure and the overall structure and integrity of a poem. First published in 1968, Smith's book remains essential reading in poetic theory.

Synopsis

In Poetic Closure , distinguished literary scholar Barbara Herrnstein Smith explores the provocative question: How do poems end? To answer it, Smith examines numerous individual poems and examples of common poetic forms in order to reveal the relationship between closure and the overall structure and integrity of a poem. First published in 1968, Smith's book remains essential reading in poetic theory.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 289
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01 Jan 1971
ISBN 10: 0226763439
ISBN 13: 9780226763439

Media Reviews

Ranging from Elizabethan lyric through free and syllabic verse and concrete poetry, Poetic Closure is a learned, witty, and richly illustrated study of the behavior of poems.... It can be read, enjoyed, studied by people who like reading poetry, including - I would suspect - poets. - Richard M. Elman, New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

Barbara Herrnstein Smith is Distinguished Professor of English at Brown University and the Braxton Craven Professor of Comparative Literature and English at Duke University, where she is also director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory.