Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, New Enlarged Edition

Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, New Enlarged Edition by Hollander, Professor John. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780300043068.

In his classic text Rhymes Reason the distinguished poet and critic John Hollander surveys the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse, illustrating each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In this substantially expanded and revised edition, Hollander adds a section of examples taken from centuries of poetry that exhibit the patterns he has described.