Mastering Poetry is a practical book with wide-ranging examples, detailed commentaries and frameworks for analysis. Whether you are studying or reading poetry for pleasure, it will help you to move beyond your first response to an analytical understanding of the relationship between content, language, structure and style.

'This book has an enormous amount to recommend it. Its strengths are the detailed coverage of technical aspects of poetry and the subsequent survey of English poetry from its beginnings through to the present day. The extremely helpful commentaries give readers a clear idea of how to express their thoughts about poetry and to link these to closer linguistic and stylistic analyses.' - Kim Ballard, Course Leader for A-Level English Language at Esher College, Surrey, UK, and Chief Examiner for A-Level English Language for seven years

About the Author
SARA THORNE is an experienced English teacher who has worked in a range of contexts. A former Joint Chief Examiner for AS/A-Level English Language and Literature, she now works as a writer and educational consultant, producing materials for classroom use and working with teachers to encourage active and stimulating approaches to teaching grammar. She is the author of the best-selling Mastering Advanced English Language.

Reviews
'This book has an enormous amount to recommend it. Its strengths are the detailed coverage of technical aspects of poetry and the subsequent survey of English poetry from its beginnings through to the present day. The extremely helpful commentaries give readers a clear idea of how to express their thoughts about poetry and to link these to closer linguistic and stylistic analyses.' - Kim Ballard, Course Leader for A-Level English Language at Esher College, Surrey, UK, and Chief Examiner for A-Level English Language for seven years



Book Information
ISBN 9780333698754
Author Sara Thorne
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 688g