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An original poet with something very definite to say - Poetry Review. The author's third volume.

The poems of a man in exile, this refined, painful, & haunting collection deals with the loss of a community and social context. The keynote is regret, expressed in a series of personal poems about the author's loss of his eyesight.-Library Journal

An approach to poetry which explains technical terms such as iambic pentameter and syllabics, this text also defines verse metres such as blank verse and free verse, illustrates a variety of forms, from the sonnet to the freer modes favoured by contemporary writers, and explains something of the methodology employed by poets of various periods.

Beginning with a brief discussion of Charles Dickens's political reportage and his pamphleteering for prison reform, this study goes on to describe the earliest works. The novels - early, middle and late - are treated in detail.

Poetry criticism is a subject central to the study of literature. However, it is laden with technical terms that, to the beginning student, can be both intimidating and confusing. Philip Hobsbaum provides a welcome remedy, illuminating terms ranging from the iambus to the bob-wheel stanza, and forms from the Spenserian sonnet to modern 'rap', with clarity and comprehensiveness. It is an essential guide through the terminology which will be inv...