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The Origins of Free Verse

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This is a first rate book on poetry. Its breadth is satisfying large, but more importantly its originality and insight are enormously rewarding. Like most any good book on poetry, it uses prosody effectively to help the reader see and hear things in the poems themselves. Anyone interested in poetry-not just devotees of free verse-will find much in this book to enjoy. It has that rare quality of actually teaching you something about things you thought you might have already known, so that when you turn again to read familiar poems, they are likely to reveal more about themselves. Also, this book is written with enormous clarity and good sense.

This is a first rate book on poetry. Its breadth is satisfying large, but more importantly its originality and insight are enormously rewarding. Like most any good book on poetry, it uses prosody effectively to help the reader see and hear things in the poems themselves. Anyone interested in poetry-not just devotees of free verse-will find much in this book to enjoy. It has that rare quality of actually teaching you something about things you thought you might have already known, so that when you turn again to read familiar poems, they are likely to reveal more about themselves. Also, this book is written with enormous clarity and good sense.