{"product_id":"9780986965722","title":"Poetry: Tools \u0026 Techniques: A Practical Guide to Writing Engaging Poetry","description":"Want to improve your craft? Then this is a good place to start.\u003cp\u003ePoems do not simply happen, they are made - Poetry: Tools \u0026amp; Techniques shows how to make them. In plain, straight-forward language, this practical guide introduces the devices and techniques used by successful poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry: Tools \u0026amp; Techniques is a starting point for writers to find their own direction rather than a definitive textbook on how to write in the proper and approved manner.\u003cbr\u003ePoetry: Tools \u0026amp; Techniques investigates the structure of language and how it conveys meaning - and from that shows how to create and use a poetic, a philosophy of language, to shape and inform your writing. The book encourages poets to explore the limits of language and discover how to make language speak beyond itself - to make language say what it was not designed to say, to express the inexpressible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry: Tools \u0026amp; Techniques provides an introduction to the basic elements of poetry - metaphor, imagery, punctuation, syntax, rhythm, etc. - the actual techniques and devices that go into making a poem, right down to the nuts and bolts structural parts of language - the conjunctions, prepositions, articles, etc. - and shows how they affect poetic language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a beginning poet or an experienced writer, Poetry: Tools \u0026amp; Techniques will help you improve your craft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gneiss Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48408306286832,"sku":"9780986965722","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780986965722_p0.jpg?v=1768408827","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780986965722","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}