How Love Poems Work - by Sandra Roe (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Feel a tingle of recognition for a great song or stanza, but can't pinpoint the appeal? Learn to identify how and why poetry sparks powerful responses.

Do you have burning questions about the allure of romantic compositions? Wondering where that thrill comes from while reading tender sonnets? Struggling to express why you personally connect to a moving work? With a BA Honors degree in English Literature, published author Sandra Roe has spent many years immersing herself in this highly intimate medium as a teacher, journalist, and librarian. Now she's here to share with you how poetic masterminds skillfully shape metaphor, imagery, and rhythm to give loving passion and power to the written word.

How Love Poems Work: from William Shakespeare to Bob Dylan is an eloquent exploration of why you find yourself falling for the emotional expressions of your favorite wordsmiths. Beginning with the famous Sixteenth-Century dramatist and concluding with the present-day songwriter, this insightful inspection travels through the development of early renderings to break down the ideas behind each masterpiece. By studying these carefully selected examples, you'll enjoy a closer connection to the world around you, and a profound understanding of how this stirring art form reflects your everyday life.

In How Love Poems Work, you'll discover:

- The historical and cultural backgrounds of each artist so you can easily comprehend how their time periods molded language into art

- Deeper self-knowledge about why you appreciate specific pieces for those wonderful "aha moments"

- Ways that prosaic verse can be transformative to help you tap into your own essence

- Reasons why this literary ode to amour strikes so deeply, and how it can expand your perceptions

- All the different meanings hidden within the context of each composition, and much, much more!

How Love Poems Work is an engaging discussion capturing the charm of meaningful works and beautiful, emotionally charged text. If you like insights into much-admired writers, discovering how culture crafts creative genius, and improving your personal experience, then you'll adore Sandra Roe's thoughtful valentine to the greatest lyricists.

Buy How Love Poems Work to become enraptured today!

Review Quotes

Connie Post
Poet Laureate for Livermore, California 2005 to 2009.
5 out of 5 stars. A wonderful exploration of Love Poetry.
In this book, Sandra Roe examines love poetry. She does so in
an eloquent way, providing the history of each poet she
explores. This books reminds us why we often seek love poems,
what they do for us and why. I liked learning more about the
history of each poet and learning the "how and why" of each of
their poems. The author provides important context for each
work examined in the book. It is also an easy read and one can
pick up any chapter they are interested in at any time. I enjoyed
her final section of Bob Dylan, reminding us the love poems
come in many shapes and sizes. This book pleasantly reminds
us why we fall in love with love poetry, after all. By Connie
Post, Author of Floodwater (Glass Lyre Press 2014)

Robin
4 out of 5 stars. Great read.
This is a beautifully produced compact book full of love. It's
written with love and is about love poetry through the ages.
The author gives some analysis of Shakespeare's sonnets,
Donne's love poetry, Marlowe, WH Auden, Robert Burns
and Elizabeth Barrett Browning all the way to Bob Dylan's
lyrical songs - so there is a feast through the ages to nourish
the reader. The author's analysis is insightful and the writing
is clear and precise. Highly recommended