The sound sense of poetry / Peter Robinson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index.

volume 1. Sound sense -- Reading techniques -- Meter, rhythm, and rhyme -- Forming voice, voicing form -- Intelligence disabling -- Sounding a subject -- Burdens of sound -- Keeping promises -- Responding as uptake -- A sense of poetry.

"What real role can poetry have in the world? How are its truths created by the words and sounds chosen by the poet and by the way readers respond to them? Acclaimed poet Peter Robinson brings his knowledge of poetic art to the understanding of the reader's contribution in enabling poetry to play its part in life"-- Provided by publisher.