The Ode Less Travelled : Unlocking the poet within
Author(s): Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry's On Poetry provides us with a witty and entertaining guide to the mysteries of writing poetry. TERZA RIMA The terza rima mode is very fine, Great Dante used it for his famous text; It rhymes the words in every other line With each thought drawing you towards the next: A B A B, C B, C D C D...This third "B" rhyme is not what one expects But terza is Italian for three So terza rima means the thirdmost rhyme: This subtle trick explains, at least to me, Just why this form has stood the test of time. First published 2005.
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Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Travelled provides us with a witty and entertaining guide to the mysteries of writing poetry. 20050217
"Fry's extraordinary book is an idiot's guide to the writing of poetry, a primer, a tutorial with funny turns, an earnest textbook..."
-"Independent on Sunday"
"A smart, sane and entertaining return to basics."
-"Daily Telegraph"
"From the Trade Paperback edition."
As well as being the bestselling author of four novels, The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus, and The Liar, and the first volume of his autobiography, Moab is My Washpot, Fry has played Peter in Peter's Friends, Wilde in the film Wilde, Jeeves in the television series Jeeves & Wooster and (a closely guarded show-business secret, this) Laurie in the television series Fry & Laurie.
General Fields
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- : Cornerstone
- : Hutchinson
- : 0.5
- : 20 October 2005
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Stephen Fry
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 808.1
- : 384
- : illustrations