Williams (19th-century literature, U. of Glasgow, Scotland) presents a guide for studying poetry, not supplying answers to questions, but suggesting what questions, what kinds of questions
even, could be asked to help understand why a poem effects the reader as it does, or perhaps what on earth it is trying to say. She discusses types and traditions of poetry, forms, prosody,
rhyme, stanzas, and wordplay. Then she demonstrates how to use these notions in close readings, her examples being Felicia Hemans and Peter McDonald. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland,
OR (booknews.com)
