The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics, Fifth Edition

By: Lewis Turco

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Synopsis: Now in its fifth edition, The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics continues to be the go-to reference and guide for students, teachers, and critics. A companion for poets from novice to master, The Book of Forms has been called &“the poet&’s bible&” for more than fifty years. Filled with both common and rarely heard of forms and prosodies, Turco&’s engaging style and apt examples invite writers to try their hands at exploring forms in ways that challenge and enrich their work. Revised for today&’s poet, the fifth edition includes the classic rules of scansion and the useful Form-Finder Index alongside new examples of terms and prose that are essential to the study of all forms of poetry and verse. As Turco writes in the introduction, &“It should go without saying that the more one knows how to do, the more one can do.&”