Introduction -- The Voices of poetry: The Lyrical voice -- The Narrative voice -- The Dramatic voice -- Apostrophe -- The Mask -- Conversation -- Sound and rhyme: Couplets, tercets, and quatrains -- Longer stanzas -- The Ballad -- Other elements of sound: Repetition -- Alliteration and onomatopoeia -- Off rhyme, consonance, and assonance -- Rhythm and metrics -- Figures of speech: The Simile -- Metaphor -- Personification -- Other forms: Haiku -- The Cinquain -- The Limerick -- Free verse and open forms -- Concrete, shape, and pattern poetry.
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Introduces the different kinds of poetry and the mechanics of writing poetry, providing an opportunity for the reader to experience the joy of making a poem.