People think poetry is waffly, loose and vague but actually good poetry is utterly precise, no word is wasted. |
But while his poetry can be overly abstruse, his literary criticism is accessibly sophisticated, if not uniformly engaging. |
Who is it that decides which novels, biographies, poetry and children's books do get published? |
The first issue features an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, and photographs tucked between the covers of a neat and stylish A5 booklet. |
Of course poetry is also, even largely, driven by metaphor and image, in a host of ways. |
The rhythms of both Greek and Latin poetry are based on the quantitative length of syllables, not on stress accent as are English rhythms. |