Are you a lover of poetry? Are you a beginning poet? Or maybe you are struggling to teach poetry to someone else? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, this book will be a help to you.

• Introduction

Rhyme—a Pattern of Sound

• Rhyming Words
• Don't Give Up
• Rhyming Word Finder
• A Day in the Meadow
• Winter Night

Rhythm—a Pattern of Accent

• What Is Rhythm?
• Common Rhythm Patterns
• Producing the Poem
• Common Pitfalls

Reason—the Message and Its Language

• Rules of English Grammar
• The Sound of Words
• Figures of Speech
• Imagery
• Parallelism
• Compression for Power
• Compression Checklist
• The Final Check

• The Present Age
• The Song of Death
• Infinity

• Index