Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Editors’ Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Building Blocks: Foundations of Poetic Form
6. 1 Doodle 7
7. 2 Babble 29
8. 3 Address 47
9. 4 Performance 67
10. 5 Media & Technology 83
11. 6 Line 101
12. 7 Meter & Rhythm 123
13. 8 Rhyme 139
14. 9 Stanza 155
15. Part II: Edifices: Types of Poetic Form
16. 10 Ballad 169
17. 11 Blank Verse 191
18. 12 Couplet 213
19. 13 Digital Poetry 231
20. 14 Ekphrastic Poetry 255
21. 15 Epic 275
22. 16 Free Verse 291
23. 17 Haiku 307
24. 18 Hymn 327
25. 19 Italian Stanza Forms 343
26. 20 Lyric 355
27. 21 Ode 371
28. 22 Prose Poem 389
29. 23 Sonnet 405
30. 24 Sonnet Sequence 423
31. 25 Song Lyrics 439
32. 26 Strict French Forms 455
33. 27 Verse Novel 475
34. Part III: Dwelling: Realizing Poetic Form
35. 28 Performing Blank Verse 491
36. 29 Reading the Couplet 513
37. 30 Reading Free Verse 531
38. 31 Reading the Prose Poem 547
39. 32 Reading the Sestina 563
40. 33 Reading the Sonnet Sequence 577
41. Index of Names
42. Index of Subject
43. List of Contributors