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Whomp and Moonshiver
Overview
The prevalence of a loose 'naturalness' in contemporary poetry has made the ordinary reader a poor critic when he encounters meter, rhyme, and the like; he can't well distinguish the honest, functional use of such a means from a frilly and obtrusive formalism, and that's too bad. Still, it would take a very ordinary reader to find a culpable artificiality in Thomas Whitbred's poems. Their language has a supple openness, as of an amiable and intelligent man talking; both in its playfulness and in its gravity, it avoids the stagey; and it easily enlists any suitable form in the pursuit and sharpening of its point. - Richard Wilbur
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780918526311
- ISBN-10: 0918526310
- Publisher: BOA Editions
- Publish Date: January 1994
- Dimensions: 8.74 x 5.7 x 0.26 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
- Page Count: 71
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