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How Does a Poem Mean?

by John Ciardi, Miller Williams · 1959

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Explains the basic elements of poetry and groups poems to encourage an analysis of similarities and differences.

Subject
literary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of this
Themes
writerswritersMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 408 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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