Madam,
briefly
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From: Annie Finch <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:13 PM
Subject: any formalists...
> Re the question of what is poetry, I do think it is really rather
funny (ha ha not wierd) that just because someone wants to write iambic
pentameter and someone else gives them some tips on how to do it, the
whole nature of poetry seems to be threatened in some quarters!
My objection was that some of your _tips_ were wrong
> For example, what I said about
particular lines of Sharon's scanning and not scanning, and how to
make them sound like iambic pentameter (her stated goal), would be
agreed on by anyone with basic knowledge of prosody
welll that's a conclusive argument, isn't it?
Except that anyone with more than a basic grasp of prosody would disagree
_ great
metrical poets_
an interesting category
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