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Often employing the usual poetic devices, the versanelle is a crafty little form whose elements include brevity, narration, critique of human nature, and a punch line. more...
Two types of poets emerge in every era, traditionalists and faddists. The Modernist fad produced four major poets who straddled the line between tradition and Modernism. more...
In Millay's Petrarchan sonnet, the speaker resolves to tame Chaos by placing him in the cage of a sonnet, where she will be able to make an orderly being of him. more...
According to Bly, American readers "can't tell when a man is counterfeiting and when he isn't." What might this view of one's audience imply for one's artistic integrity? more...
There should be a Hippocratic Oath for poets. If poets were held to anything near the standard of physicians, there would be far less doggerel in the world. more...
Lyric poetry is the most common form of poetry; it does not tell a story as the epic and narrative forms do; the lyric poem has grown into many forms since ancient times. more...
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By: Catherine Owen
Contemporary poetry is often considered to be divorced from the practice of form. However, no good poetry is truly free verse. Incorporating form leads to poetic power. more...
By: Jennifer Alpeche
Dubbed the "metaphysical poets" by Samuel Johnson, these writers searched for answers that still elude us today. more...
How does poetry work, and what allows us to distinguish a poem from a piece we would classify as prose? more...
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