Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry by S. Dobyns (PDF)

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In this new edition of Best Words, Best Order, Stephen Dobyns further explains the mystery of the poet’s work. Through essays on memory and metaphor, pacing, and the intricacies of voice and tone, and thoughtful appreciations of Chekhov, Ritsos, Mandelstam, and Rilke, Dobyns guides readers and writers through poetry’s mysterious twilight communiques. For this new second edition, Dobyns has added two new essays, one dealing with the idea of “beauty” in poetry and another dealing with the almost mystical way poets connect seemingly disparate elements in a single work.

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Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Love this book and find it essential to find my way into a better understanding of craft.

⭐I bought this and the sequel, Next word, better word, to improve my prose writing. It has helped. I have started both and finished neither, but I already have a better understanding of metaphor, pacing and rhythm, and tone. I enjoy Dobyns most when he gives a poem and then discusses it, usually with praise, so that I have become a better reader of poetry. He also gives examples of poems that he does not like. That makes me a better editor of my own writing. I enjoy him least when he discusses the special insights of poet-artists that are denied the rest of us (ouch!). At times his thoughts soar, but he is always grounded enough to insist that a poet communicate with the reader. I can not review this book for the aspiring poet or the poetry lover, but I can review it for folks like me whose prose could improve: I think that you will like it.

⭐This book will make you think about poetry and prose in new and surprising ways. It uses a wealth of poetry to illustrate its point. It’s a handbook I will turn to frequently. Dobyns is a master communicator.

⭐A deeply informative and wonderful book of essays from one of the most unique voices in American poetry, exploring the evolution of poetry and poetic voice. With shared wisdom from the giants of many ages – Baudelaire, Rilke, Larkin, et al — these essays go deep into the art of writing, reading and thinking about poetry; i.e. writing with greater freedom, reading with greater confidence. A priceless resource for anyone writing – or aspiring to write – poetry … Or just wanting to read poetry with greater knowledge. Wonder, weep, laugh, learn.

⭐A very intelligently written and entertaining enough book that I was forced to read for an English class. There’s nothing more to it. If you are a poetry lover, this is a good book.

⭐A definitive book about how poems work, a guide from a poet who knows. The history of free verse chapter is scholarly. The essays about individual writers are topnotch.

⭐Still a must-read book of essays for all serious poets.

⭐thanks so much. came fast in good condition and really helped me with my paper. Thanks again keep up the good work

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