“Thought begins in disagreement, the terms of which demand to be articulated.” Robert Hass’s “A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry” is full of pithy, eloquently ...
April is National Poetry Month, a time to honor poetry in all forms and poets from all backgrounds. In honor of the celebration, Princeton Professor of Poetry Lynn Melnick offered reflections on the ...
https://doi.org/10.5325/style.53.2.0236 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/style.53.2.0236 Copy URL ABSTRACT: Poetry is formal. Rhythm and form are closely ...
COMPRESSION is one pole of Japanese poetry; the other is richness of imagery and language. Because the imagery is traditional, the poet need only suggest in brief strokes. Because the poems are short, ...