An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their ArtAnnie Finch, Kathrine Varnes At once handbook, reader, and guide to the literary tastes and wisdom of poets, An Exaltation of Forms is an indispensable resource certain to find a dedicated audience among poetry lovers. The editors invited over fifty contemporary poets to select a poetic meter, stanza, or form, describe it, recount its history, and provide favorite examples. The essays represent a remarkably diverse range of literary styles and approaches, and show how the forms of contemporary English-language poetry derive from a wealth of different traditions. The forms range from hendecasyllabics to prose poetry, haiku to procedural poetry, sonnets to blues, rap to fractal verse. The range of poets included is equally impressive--from Amiri Baraka to John Frederick Nims, from Maxine Kumin to Marilyn Hacker, from Agha Shahid Ali to Pat Mora, from W. D. Snodgrass to Charles Bernstein. Achieving this level of eclecticism is a remarkable feat, especially given the strong opinions held by members of the various camps (e.g., the New Formalists, LANGUAGE poets, feminist and multicultural poets) that exist within today's poetry community. Poets who might never occupy the same room here occupy the same pages, perhaps for the first time. The net effect is a book that will surprise, inform, and delight a wide range of readers, whether as reference book, pleasure reading, or classroom text. Poet, translator, and critic Annie Finch is director of the Stonecoast low-residency MFA program at the University of Southern Maine. She is author of The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse, Eve, and Calendars. She is the winner of the eleventh annual Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award for scholars who have made a lasting contribution to the art and science of versification. Kathrine Varnes teaches English at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is the author of the book of poems, The Paragon. Her poems and essays have appeared in many books and journals. |
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... passing . Finally , we are deeply grateful to our families : Glen Brand , Julian and Althea Finch - Brand , Erick Kelemen , Dee Barlow , and Richard Varnes . Contents Introduction I I. METERS Accentual Verse Syllabics : Sweeter 粥.
... passing . Finally , we are deeply grateful to our families : Glen Brand , Julian and Althea Finch - Brand , Erick Kelemen , Dee Barlow , and Richard Varnes . Contents Introduction I I. METERS Accentual Verse Syllabics : Sweeter 粥.
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... Verses " : The Heroic Couplet STANZAS TIMOTHY STEELE 107 The Self - Engendering Muse : Terza Rima FELIX STEFANILE 116 The Quatrain Sapphics Ottava Rima Spenser's Eponymous The Décima : A ... Verse Syllabics : Sweeter Melodies Counted Verse :
... Verses " : The Heroic Couplet STANZAS TIMOTHY STEELE 107 The Self - Engendering Muse : Terza Rima FELIX STEFANILE 116 The Quatrain Sapphics Ottava Rima Spenser's Eponymous The Décima : A ... Verse Syllabics : Sweeter Melodies Counted Verse :
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... Verse Forms : The Cinquain and the Quatern The Low Coup as a Contemporary Afro - American Verse Form HILDA MORLEY 325 ALICE FULTON 334 BOB HOLMAN 341 KEITH TUMA 352 DAVID LEHMAN 359 JENA OSMAN 366 CHARLES BERNSTEIN 379 ALDON LYNN ...
... Verse Forms : The Cinquain and the Quatern The Low Coup as a Contemporary Afro - American Verse Form HILDA MORLEY 325 ALICE FULTON 334 BOB HOLMAN 341 KEITH TUMA 352 DAVID LEHMAN 359 JENA OSMAN 366 CHARLES BERNSTEIN 379 ALDON LYNN ...
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... verse as a visual flaunting of poetry's artificiality , when Margaret Holley de- scribes the subliminal power of syllabic verse , when Dana Gioia praises accentual verse for its ability to " capture speech rhythms without sounding ...
... verse as a visual flaunting of poetry's artificiality , when Margaret Holley de- scribes the subliminal power of syllabic verse , when Dana Gioia praises accentual verse for its ability to " capture speech rhythms without sounding ...
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... verse , as the name sug- gests , has a regular number of accents , or beats , per line , with any num- ber of unaccented syllables running between . Syllabic verse , logically enough , is guided by the number of syllables in a line ...
... verse , as the name sug- gests , has a regular number of accents , or beats , per line , with any num- ber of unaccented syllables running between . Syllabic verse , logically enough , is guided by the number of syllables in a line ...
Contents
VI | 15 |
VII | 24 |
VIII | 32 |
IX | 39 |
X | 46 |
XI | 52 |
XII | 59 |
XIII | 66 |
XLI | 238 |
XLII | 242 |
XLIV | 247 |
XLVI | 254 |
XLVII | 262 |
L | 272 |
LI | 279 |
LII | 290 |
XIV | 73 |
XV | 81 |
XVI | 86 |
XVII | 95 |
XIX | 107 |
XX | 116 |
XXII | 122 |
XXIV | 132 |
XXV | 141 |
XXVI | 148 |
XXVII | 156 |
XXVIII | 165 |
XXIX | 167 |
XXX | 180 |
XXXI | 188 |
XXXII | 198 |
XXXIV | 206 |
XXXVI | 210 |
XXXVII | 217 |
XXXVIII | 223 |
XL | 228 |
LIII | 297 |
LIV | 308 |
LV | 314 |
LVI | 323 |
LVII | 325 |
LVIII | 334 |
LIX | 341 |
LX | 352 |
LXI | 359 |
LXII | 366 |
LXIII | 379 |
LXIV | 385 |
LXV | 391 |
LXVI | 394 |
LXVIII | 396 |
LXIX | 400 |
LXX | 413 |
LXXI | 417 |
LXXII | 435 |
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