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This is an updated edition of the collected verse of the acclaimed Catholic poet, James McAuley. It contains all the poetry in the 1971 edition, and adds poetry from three volumes published between 1976 and 1977, together with some previously uncollected works. A new introduction by Leonie Kramer is also included. Includes author's explanatory notes and an index of titles.
The sound disc (record) is in a pocket at the front of the book which contains the text of the poems in the order in which James McAuley reads them. There is also a page of notes written by the poet about these poems and a bibliography which lists books of poetry and prose by James McAuley, his poems in anthologies, and articles about him.
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Versification: A Short Introduction is written by one of Australia's most distinguished poets. The book discusses poetic meter, and may be the only source you need. McAuley devotes a short chapter to versification based on accent, syllable count, free verse and "classical" meters, but the book as a whole focuses on metrical verse and its constant reference back to stress in normal speech—it suceeds in showing meterical verse as a natural outgrowth of what we do naturally. This dispels quickly any sense of the esoteric—poetry is of and for people in general not for a special literati. After establishing meter in the normal sphere of speech, McAuley then discusses how abstract meterical patterns are actually applied and how variety is added to avoid a sing-song effect.
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