What Is Poetry?: The Essential Guide to Reading and Writing Poems by Michael RosenMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I fully expected to like this book. As a school librarian I see that students love poetry and it's taught at only the most superficial level - haiku, acrostics etc. I found this book written in a less than engaging fashion, the poems chosen as examples were not inspiring, and the text was too dense. Since I read the ARC, I'm hoping the last was corrected in the final book. I'm also not sure who this book was really intended for. The style of prose and the content seemed a bit incongruous to me. I'm sad about this, because I like Michael Rosen's other books.
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