1 What Is Poetry and How Do We Read It？
2 TypesofPoetry
Narrative Poetry / 18
Lyric Poetry / 26
Close Form and Open Form / 37
3 Diction, Tone and Theme
Diction / 50
Tone / 66
Theme / 79
4 Structure
5 Rhythm and Rhyme
Rhythm / 93
Meter / 99
Onomatopoeia / 116
Alliteration and Assonance / 121
Rhyme / 123
6 Allusion and Figures of Speech
Allusion / 148
Symbol / 153
Simile and Metaphor/165
Personification / 177
Apostrophe / 179
Pun / 181
Understatement and Overstatement / 184
Metonymy and Synecdoche / 189
Irony and Satire / 191
Appendix: A List of Poetic Terms
Index of the First Lines
Bibliography
