rhythm, absolutely. they're not breaks to me in the sense that they would
have a lot of includence on the poem if it were spoken. it's almost all
about the look & feel (on the page).
should I google that essay, or do you have a link somewhere (if there is
one)?
KS
On 15/12/06, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Okay, as I thought, it's some error in the works. So I do wonder if
> it's only me (on my I-Mac?) who's received your poems in that format.
>
> And then the one that came through the way you wrote it....
>
> It's an intriguing problem, with free or open verse, enjambment, as if
> you, as I do, follow the New American Poetry version, out of WCW etc,
> then the line break is a meant pause, one of the ways of creating
> rhythm. Denise Levertov had a terrific essay on this.
>
> Doug
> On 14-Dec-06, at 4:32 PM, kasper salonen wrote:
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> > ouch, that sounds like an error somewhere in the works; I don't write
> > prosepoetry (though now you mention it it might be fun to), effective
> > enjambment is something I've long made an effort in trying to improve.
> >
> > KS
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