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Where do I go to learn proper form in poetry?

I've been trying to practice writing stuff out in meter and iambic form but it's very difficult. Is there any specific thing to practice or read to learn? Or should I just keep trying every day

>> No.19384583

>>19384571
Stephen Fry, Ode Less Travelled.

Metre isn't very difficult once you get the hang of it. It's pretty intuitive after you read a bit of regular verse like, say, Pope.

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>>19384571
Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Cambridge introduction to meters and verse forms, A History of English Prosody from the 12th century to the present day

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>>19384571
I recommend checking out the wiki page, actually. You can pick any of the recommended books, you don't have to read them all. They teach the same stuff. Harold Bloom personally recommended Hollander's book to me, so that's the one I always suggest.
4chanlit.wikia.com/poetry
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=9E4141350E4B0202C1002CE9EB89BA68

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>>19384602
>>19384598
>>19384583
downloaded all of these thanks, they all look great.

I also had never read Alexander Pope and already love it

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