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>*Persuasive New Defense of Traditional Prosody* > >"Prosody remains embedded in the finished work...[like] the armature in a >statue: an essential part of the finished structure. We do not judge a >statue by its armature, any more than we judge a beauty contest by the >X-rays of the competitors. But what the X-rays show is essential to beauty; >without the armature of the skeleton Miss America or Mr. Universe would >collapse to a heap of flab..." Reminds me a little of Celan's comment that craft is like hygiene, merely something you take for granted. Only Celan's is kind of more to the point - who wants to make a poem looking like Mr Universe? A