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Title: Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry by Laurence Perrine, Thomas R. Arp, Greg Johnson ISBN: 0-15-507396-6 Publisher: Heinle Pub. Date: 08 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Almost a great resource (that I'd give 3.5 Stars, actually)
Comment: My first exposure to Sound and Sense was in high school, and, at the time, I found the book so valuable a resource that I later purchased a copy. Post-college, my views have changed somewhat.
If the tone of the writing was not so condescending, this could be a great book. It defines most of the terms necessary to understand critical texts on poetry, including those analyses related to meter, style, and tone. I find the questions after each poem to be helpful and thought-provoking. That said, it is frustrating to me that the author presents ideas and arguments in absolutes (must, must not, never, always, etc.) and then asserts that the logic that MUST be applied to point A CANNOT be applied to point B (but maybe I have spent too many hours working with lawyers).
My suggestion would be to read the text with a grain of salt. Glean the terminology, answer the questions posed at the end of each poem, follow their suggestions of rereading and considering the many facets of poetry, and try to overlook the condescending manner in which the authors display their opinions as fact.
Rating: 4
Summary: a little at a time
Comment: I've been nibbling away at a 20 year old edition of this book for a few years in my spare time, and almost every bite has increased my abitity to appreciate poetry. I like the examples, most of them seem pretty old, Frost is about as modern as he gets, but thats ok with me. You might find this book a little annoying if it was required reading in a course, sometimes it asks more questions than it answers.
Rating: 1
Summary: "Sense" without Sensibility
Comment: English class has never been my favorite class, but poetry has always been one of my better topics. This year - Sophmore High School English - I was required to buy Sound and Sense for class. This is the worst poetry book I have ever read. While the collection of poems is wonderful, the text written by Arp is terrible. Arp comes off as condescending and mean spirited, making the reading of the book a chore. His definitions of the various poetical terms are solid, but you could just as easily get them out of a dictionary. Arp tells the reader that poetry cannot be beautiful unless it concers the perfect love, flowers, or fuzzy animals. He equates the reading of poetry to listening to a radio, and says that if one does not like a critically aclaimed poem, one's tuner is on the wrong station. He leaves nothing to free will, preferring to lead a flock of sheep into an abyss of bad writing over allowing someone to disagree with him here or there. Chapters on "Good Poetry and Bad" do not leave the reader with a love of poetry, nor does the book as a whole make me want to spout sonnets. There are many better collections of poetry around. The poems within Sound and Sense can as easily be found in the Norton or another anthology. As for its educational value, I find that it offers very little by the way of insight, and instead gushes half baked opinions. Do yourselves a foavor and skip this one. You'll learn more about poetry from Dr. Seuss.
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Title: The Catholic Bible: New American Bible/Personal Study by Jean Marie Hiesberger ISBN: 0195284054 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Bienvenidos Writing Activities Workbook and Student Tape Manual by Conrad J. Schmitt ISBN: 0026410036 Publisher: Glencoe/MacMillan McGraw Hill Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.32 |
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Title: Best Short Stories: Advanced by Harris, Glen McGraw-Hill -. Jamestown Education ISBN: 0890616663 Publisher: Jamestown Pubns Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: How to Read a Poem by Burton Raffel ISBN: 0452010330 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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