Um? I would not assume any such shift as absolute, that's for sure.
But, indeed, one finally has to come back to what works, & that's how
well any particular poet does the job at hand. (Though I admit my bias
is toward the open not the closed forms...
Doug
On 14-Apr-10, at 4:03 AM, Tim Allen wrote:
> I have written before concerning the subtle shift in the ideology of
> free verse from progressive to reactionary that has taken place over
> the past 30 years.
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