The Art of Syntax: Rhythm of Thought, Rhythm of Song

With intelligence and precision, Ellen Bryant Voigt parses out the deft and alluring shape of poetic language in The Art of Syntax. Through brilliant readings of poems by Bishop, Frost, Kunitz, Lawrence, and others, Voigt examines the signature musical scoring writers deploy to orchestrate meaning. “This structure—this architecture—is the essential drama of the poem’s composition,” she argues. The Art of Syntax is an indispensable book on the writer’s craft by one of America’s best and most influential poets and teachers.

• How to Write Stunning Sentences
• The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
• The Art of Attention: A Poet's Eye
• The Art of the Poetic Line
• The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes
• The Art of Recklessness: Poetry as Assertive Force and Contradiction
• The Art of Description: World into Word
• The Art of Daring: Risk, Restlessness, Imagination
• The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the Story
• Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative