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Sep. 24, 2012
Gorakhnath Gangane
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A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners
on Sep. 24, 2012
Dr Koshy’s ‘Treatise on poetry’ is like a fuller version of Mathew Arnold’s touchstone method, at least for the reader like me who takes keen interest in the aesthetics and the overall body of poetry. I am very much pleased and influenced by the expanse of his expertise in the matters of reading, writing and analyzing poetry. I, being a literature student and a budding poet, find this book of paramount significance for those who want to know, write and appreciate good poetry. What is special about this book is its simple language mixed with intermittent humour, which teaches us various elements of a poem viz form, style, structure and the rhetoric. In times when poetry has a few readers and the poets are given the second place, a book like this will definitely help to generate a good amount of interest in readers and writers as well. It won’t be an exaggeration if I call this book “ Ars Poetica “ of our times. I give it 4 stars and appeal to the lovers of poetry to grab it if you can because this is a literary treasure. I want to thank Dr Ampat Koshy for offering us this book. Gorakhnath Gangane, Lecturer in English, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.