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In this accessible and distilled craft guide, acclaimed poet Tony
Hoagland approaches poetry through the frame of poetic voice, that
mysterious connective element that binds the speaker and reader
together. A poem strong in the dimension of voice is an animate
thing of shifting balances, tones and temperatures, by turns
confiding, vulgar, bossy or cunning-but above all, alive. The
twelve short chapters of The Art of Voice explore ways to create a
distinctive poetic voice, including vernacular, authoritative
statement, material imagination, speech register, tone-shifting and
using secondary voices as an enriching source of texture in the
poem. A comprehensive appendix contains thirty stimulating models
and exercises that will help poets cultivate their craft. Mining
his personal experience as a poet and analysing a wide range of
examples from Catullus to Marie Howe, Hoagland provides a lively
introduction to contemporary poetry and an invaluable guide for any
practising writer.
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