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Author_Louis Zukofsky
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comparative literary analysis
critical perspectives on verse
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evaluating poetic language techniques
forthcoming
historical poetry comparison
poetic evaluation methods
poetic forms assessment
translation studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781041015369
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A Test of Poetry (1932) is a comparative study of poetry from Homer to the twentieth century. By giving several translations of the same passage from Homer, an elegy of Ovid and lines from Herrick which read like an adaptation of Ovid, or a fifteenth century poem about a cock and a recent poem about chickens, and so on, a means for judging the values of poetic writing is established. The book also has a comparative chronological chart, including a summary of critical views.
