The Writing Of A Poem Is Like

Among Those Today Who Believe That Modern Poetry Must Do Without Rhyme Or Metre, There Is An Assumption That The Alternative To Free Verse Is A Crash Course In Villanelles, Sestinas And Other Such Fixed Forms. But Most... Are Rare In English Poetry. Few Poets Have Written A Villanelle Worth Reading, Or Indeed Regret Not Having Done So.

In Rap, As In Most Popular Lyrics, A Very Low Standard Is Set For Rhyme; But This Was Not Always The Case With Popular Music.

I Don't See That A Single Line Can Constitute A Stanza, Although It Can Constitute A Whole Poem.

A Really Interesting And Happy Time Was When I First Went To Florence As A Student And Studied Italian. I Was Living In A Pensione On An Allowance Of £40 A Month, Which Was Princely. I Did A Lot Of Work And Enjoyed Myself Immensely.

Poetry Carries Its History Within It, And It Is Oral In Origin. Its Transmission Was Oral.