Imitation in Writing: The Grammar of Poetry

This is a good solid overview of the fundamentals of poetry. It is designed for the middle years and is from a Christian publisher so it included a fair of amount of biblical content. I found most of the spiritual content easy to pass over. I have recently found the MCTLA poetry series which is entirely secular, but my teens like the clean look of this book.

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