The Art of Voice: Poetic Principles and Practice

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Author: Tony Hoagland ISBN: 9781324002697
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: August 27, 2019
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Tony Hoagland
ISBN: 9781324002697
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: August 27, 2019
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

An award-winning poet and teacher demystifies poetry’s most elusive element.

In this accessible and distilled craft guide, acclaimed poet Tony Hoagland approaches poetry through the frame of poetic voice, that mysterious connective element that binds the speaker and reader together. A poem strong in the dimension of voice is an animate thing of shifting balances, tones, and temperatures, by turns confiding, vulgar, bossy, or cunning—but above all, alive.

The twelve short chapters of The Art of Voice explore ways to create a distinctive poetic voice, including vernacular, authoritative statement, material imagination, speech register, tone- shifting, and using secondary voices as an enriching source of texture. A comprehensive appendix contains thirty stimulating models and exercises that will help poets cultivate their craft. Mining his personal experience as a poet and analyzing a wide range of examples from Catullus to Marie Howe, Hoagland provides a lively introduction to contemporary poetry and an invaluable guide for any practicing writer.

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An award-winning poet and teacher demystifies poetry’s most elusive element.

In this accessible and distilled craft guide, acclaimed poet Tony Hoagland approaches poetry through the frame of poetic voice, that mysterious connective element that binds the speaker and reader together. A poem strong in the dimension of voice is an animate thing of shifting balances, tones, and temperatures, by turns confiding, vulgar, bossy, or cunning—but above all, alive.

The twelve short chapters of The Art of Voice explore ways to create a distinctive poetic voice, including vernacular, authoritative statement, material imagination, speech register, tone- shifting, and using secondary voices as an enriching source of texture. A comprehensive appendix contains thirty stimulating models and exercises that will help poets cultivate their craft. Mining his personal experience as a poet and analyzing a wide range of examples from Catullus to Marie Howe, Hoagland provides a lively introduction to contemporary poetry and an invaluable guide for any practicing writer.

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