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Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover's birthday, an epithalamion for your sister's wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government's housing policy, The Ode Less Travelled will give you the tools and the confidence to do so.
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- Stephen Fry
The Ode Less Travelled is a witty and informative guide to poetic form which skilfully merges the difficult-to-tackle subject of prosody with all the entertainment value of a night spent watching QI (Fry tells us in one instance that Presbyterians is an anagram of Britney Spears).
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within is a book by author, actor, comedian, and director Stephen Fry about writing poetry. Fry covers metre, rhyme, many common and arcane poetic forms, and offers poetry exercises, contrasting modern and classic poets.
- Stephen Fry
- 2005
Jan 1, 2005 · In his 'Ode Less Travelled', Stephen Fry teaches you those nuances and reveals the non-mysterious, but equally curious, parts of poetry-making. Fry writes poetry himself. He is no Coleridge, Wordsworth or Shelley - he is honest about his modesty.
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Sep 6, 2007 · Brimful of enjoyable exercises, witty insights and simple step-by-step advice, The Ode Less Travelled guides the reader towards mastery and confidence in the Mother of the Arts.
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- Paperback
Oct 1, 2006 · Rather than pull a Keating, and attempt to turn poetry into a Doors concert circa 1969, Fry’s goal is to demystify the art without deadening it; to make it seem as open to the interested amateur...
Jan 1, 2005 · The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within. Paperback – Illustrated, January 1, 2005. Comedian and actor Stephen Fry's witty and practical guide, now in paperback, gives the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry.
- Stephen Fry
