# How to Read a Poem

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- Book: [How to Read a Poem](https://www.bookquiver.com/burton-raffel/how-to-read-a-poem) ([How to Read a Poem.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/burton-raffel/how-to-read-a-poem.md))
- Authors: [Burton Raffel](https://www.bookquiver.com/burton-raffel)
- Publisher: Plume
- ISBN: 978-04-5201-033-8
- Pages: 272
- Published: 1984-04-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An introductory text that is both an anthology of over 200 poems and a comprehensive exploration of the form. Over 100 poets featured; those most widely represented include Blake, Byron, cummings, Dickinson,...