{"product_id":"9780300206296","title":"Rhyme's Reason : A Guide to English Verse by J.D. McClatchy","description":"In this classic text, the distinguished poet and critic John Hollander surveys the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse, illustrating each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In new essays for this revised edition, J. D. McClatchy and Richard Wilbur each offer a personal take on why Rhymes's Reason has played an integral role in the education of young poets and student scholars.    ? \"[Hollander] put everything he knew about the structures of poetry-those fabled magic tricks-into a sort of guidebook for those starting out on the trail up Mount Parnassus. . . . There are astonishments on every page.\"-from the Foreword by J. D. McClatchy ? \"This book's wit and inventive spirit, its self-describing embodiments of form, now offer the beginning poet a happy chance to discover the technician in himself.\"-from the Afterword by Richard Wilbur ? \"How lucky the young poet who discovers this wisest and most lighthearted of manuals.\"-James Merrill ? \"What the E. B. White-William Strunk The Elements of Style is to the writing of prose, Rhyme's Reason could very easily become to the writing of verse. . . . Marvelously comprehensive, clarifying and useful, [and] a delight to read.\"-John Reardon, Los Angeles Times Review of Books ? \"A virtuoso performance and a mandatory text for poetry readers and practitioners alike.\"-ALA Booklist\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56232121139573,"sku":"9780300206296","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780300206296.jpg?v=1762272321","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780300206296","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}