This guide will provide you with key search terms suggestions to use for finding information in MultiSearch.
You can also expect to find call numbers for finding books, and links to other related resources which will be useful for your assignments and research.
Search terms
| Specific terms | Poetry; Poetic Techniques; American Poetry -- Appreciation; Poetry -- Authorship; Australian Poetry -- History and Criticism ; Lyric Poetry; Free Verse -- Analysis ; Rhythm -- Analysis ; Meter (Poetry) -- Analysis; English Language (Modern) ; Prosody ; Intonation ; Relationship to Syntactic Structure; |
| General terms | Creative Writing -- Practice; Creative Writing -- Personal Narratives; Writers -- Interviews ; Discourse; Technique; Genres |
Tip:
For example, searches could couple a specific term with one of the useful general terms.
"Poetic techniques" AND "discourse"
Note that the AND in capitals will link the concepts for more refined results. Using the inverted comma's around a phrase will give you more precise results.
Call Numbers
Try browsing in the shelves around the areas which interest you, as it may lead to unexpected finds.
| Poetry | PN1010-1525 |
| Theory, philosophy, relations, etc. | PN1031-1049 |
| Relations to, and treatment of, special subjects | PN1065-1085 |
| History and criticism | PN1110-1279 |
| Epic poetry | PN1301-1333 |
| Folk poetry | PN1341-1347 |
| Lyric poetry | PN1351-1389 |
| English poetry | PR500-614 |
| English poetry, by period | PR521-614 |
