Line Break Logic
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Line Break Logic
Line Break Logic explores the profound impact of line breaks in poetry, revealing how they shape rhythm, meaning, and emotional resonance. This book argues that these often-overlooked elements of poetic form are crucial tools for poets to control pacing, emphasize key phrases, and guide reader interpretation. For instance, strategic use of enjambment can create suspense, while end-stopping can provide a sense of closure, influencing the overall experience of the poem. The book begins by establishing a foundation in traditional poetic forms, including scansion, before tracing the evolution of line breaks from classical verse to contemporary free verse. Structured in three parts, the book first introduces the mechanics of line breaks, then explores their relationship to poetic effects, and finally examines their role in shaping the reader's experience. By analyzing diverse poems and incorporating insights from poets themselves, this book provides a detailed and nuanced exploration of the line break's power, making it a valuable resource for students, educators, and practicing poets alike.
Learn AppleScript
AppleScript is an English-like, easy-to-understand scripting language built into every Mac. AppleScript can automate hundreds of AppleScript-able applications, performing tasks both large and small, complex and simple. Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X, Third Edition has been completely updated for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It's all here, with an emphasis on practical information that will help you solve any automation problem—from the most mundane repetitive tasks to highly integrated workflows of complex systems. Friendly enough for beginners, detailed enough for advanced AppleScripters Includes major contributions from expert AppleScripters: Emmanuel Levy, Harald Monihart, Ian Piper, Shane Stanley, Barry Wainwright, Craig Williams, and foreword by AppleScript inventor, William Cook
In the Palm of Your Hand, Second Edition: A Poet's Portable Workshop (Second Edition)
Author: Steve Kowit
language: en
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Release Date: 2017-04-04
*Over 90,000 copies sold* Long an anchor text for college and junior college writing classes, this illuminating and invaluable guide has become a favorite for beginning poets and an ever-valuable reference for more advanced students who want to sharpen their craft, expand their technical skills, and engage their deepest memories and concerns.This edition adds Steve Kowit’s famous essay on poetics “The Mystique of the Difficult Poem,” in which he argues stirringly and forcefully that a poem need not be obscure to be great. Ideal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire students with a love for writing--and reading--contemporary poetry. It is a book about shaping your memories and passions, your pleasures, obsessions, dreams, secrets, and sorrows into the poems you have always wanted to write. If you long to create poetry that is magical and moving, this is the book you've been looking for. Here are chapters on the language and music of poetry, the art of revision, traditional and experimental techniques, and how to get your poetry started, perfected, and published. Not the least of the book's pleasures are model poems by many of the best contemporary poets, illuminating craft discussions, and the author's detailed suggestions for writing dozens of poems about your deepest and most passionate concerns.