The Poem

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Illuminating and authoritative treatise on 'how a poem works', from the multi-award-winning poet, editor and professor of poetry.Illuminating and authoritative treatise on 'how a poem works', from the multi-award-winning poet, editor and professor of poetry.
Don Paterson is not only one of our great poets, but also an esteemed authority on the art of poetry. The Poem is a treatise on the art of poetry in three sections - one on lyric, the music of poetic speech; one on sign, and how poetry makes its unique kind of sense; and one on metre, the rhythm of the poetic line.