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Poetic term of the day — April 26, 2008
GALLIAMBUS: In classical poetry, a lyric meter consisting of four iambic dipodies, the last of which is catalectic, dropping the final accent, or a line of four lesser Ionic feet catalectic, varied by anaclasis. at…
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“And then he asked me would I yes” More Syntax with Molly and Bloom [by Jenny Factor]
(Part Two of Two) Do you remember last Tuesday? While riding in my car, Professor Harold Bloom of Yale University told me that "[Wallace Stevens] tends to negate by grammar but affirm by syntax."…
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Emily Starts, You Finish [by David Lehman]
Here is Emily Dickinson's # 1066 in its entirety: Fame's Boys and Girls, who never dieAnd are too seldom born — While this can be read as a complete work, you may argue that…
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Genesis 2:22
The Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (1803) by William Blake (1757-1827) [Metropolitan Museum]