<<I suppose the short lyric is the best form in which to capture -
to attempt to capture - a powerful mood while one is in it. The
quality of such a poem will depend on whether one is unconsciously
rational enough to relate that mood to one's own experience, and to
the reader's.>>
So is the distinction between lyric & narrative a sort of
consciously applied rationality?
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Sing so dogs bark, oxen bolt,
So a girl walks out on her lover.
Sing so dogs bark, bulls bellow,
So the old coot crawls out of his hut.
[Mekong Delta 1971, trans. John Balaban]
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