Verse
An Introduction to Prosody
Verse is a seminal introduction to prosody for any student learning to read or write poetry. Written in a clear, engaging style by a poet and teacher with more than 30 years of experience teaching the subject, this book explains the fundamental components and technical details necessary to fully understand the meaning of poems.
This is a text that will work: Hartman’s experience as a teacher is everywhere in evidence, and his care and inventiveness in presenting key concepts make the complexities of metrical analysis far more accessible than most similar texts. . . . I have great admiration for this text and have learned a lot from it; my students will learn even more.
Malcolm Woodland