The Poetry Toolkit: For Readers and Writers provides students with the essential intellectual and practical tools necessary to read, understand, and write poetry.

• Explains the most important elements of poetry in clear language and an easily accessible manner
• Offers readers both the expertise of an established scholar and the insights of a practicing poet
• Draws on examples from more than 1,500 years of English literature

William Harmon is the James Gordon Hanes Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. Now retired, Harmon is the editor of A Handbook to Literature, now in its 12th edition, and has published ??? ve books of original poetry and received various awards, including the Robert B. Heilman Award given by The Sewanee Review for excellence in book reviewing.