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Bright Star by John Keats, His Sonnet11 comments

upinvermont wrote 7 months ago: Sept 22, 2009 • Just learned that Jane Campion has made a movie “based” on the relations … more →

Tags: rhyme, Formal Poetry, Meter, sonnet, Iambic Pentameter, About Iambic Pentameter, Erotic, About Sonnets, John Keats

Robert Frost's "The Pasture"2 comments

upinvermont wrote 7 months ago: July 18, 2009: New Post – Robert Frost’s “Out, Out” June 6 2009: Tweaked and … more →

Tags: About Colloquialism in Poetry, Anthimeria, Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Tetrameter, Internal Rhyme, rhyme, Robert Frost, anthimeria, Best Poetry Blog

Vermont Poetry Newsletter & Event Calendar April 30 2009

upinvermont wrote 7 months ago: [The Vermont Poetry Newsletter is not issued by me but by Ron Lewis, by whose permission I post this … more →

Tags: Vermont Poetry Newsletter, William Wordsworth, Otter Creek Poets, ron lewis, Copper Canyon Press, Vermont Poet Laureates, vermont, US Poets Laureate List, Vermont Poets

Frost, Hendadecasyllabics & For Once, Then, Something5 comments

upinvermont wrote 7 months ago: Catallizing English Neaera Reading a Letter from Catallus While Robert Frost’s, For Once, Then … more →

Tags: About the Hendadecasyllable, Hendadecasyllabic, Meter, Robert Frost, Accentual Meter, amphibrach, amphimacer, anapest, Belief and Uncertainty in the Poetry of Robert Frost

Rhyme & Meter Online: April 19 2009 5 comments

upinvermont wrote 7 months ago: Missed last week. This one is a little delayed. Many discussions on various forums which, though int … more →

Tags: Rhyme & Meter Online, Adam Bradley, All Rileyed Up, Best Poetry Blog, Book Of Rhymes, Constantine Cavafy, formalist blog, Ginny Kaczmarek, Good Poetry Blog

Reading Richard Wilbur's "Mind"3 comments

upinvermont wrote 8 months ago: The Mechanics of Wilbur’s “Mind” I’ve noticed several searches for this poem … more →

Tags: Iambic Pentameter, Meter, Poetry, rhyme, Richard Wilbur, Analysis Mind, Analysis of Wilbur's Mind, Best Poetry Blog, formalist blog

Rhyme & Meter Online: April 5 2009

upinvermont wrote 8 months ago: Many discussions on various forums which, though interesting, are too changeable to reference. If an … more →

Tags: Rhyme & Meter Online, A Poem is a Creation, Ana Verse, Animal Flower Cave Sonnet, Author's Den, baroque in hackney, Best Poetry Blog, Danna Williams, Daphne Molson

Vermont Poetry Newsletter & Event Calendar April 1 20091 comment

upinvermont wrote 8 months ago: [The Vermont Poetry Newsletter is not issued by me but by Ron Lewis, by whose permission I post this … more →

Tags: Vermont Poetry Newsletter, Otter Creek Poets, ron lewis, Vermont Poet Laureates, US Poets Laureate List, Poetry Events Calendar, great poet, Burlington Poetry Journal, Red Hen Reading

Shelley's Sonnet: Ozymandias15 comments

upinvermont wrote 8 months ago: May 30 2009: Updated & (hopefully) improved with thanks to Ralph’s comment. Who was Ozyman … more →

Tags: Iambic Pentameter, Meter, Percy Bysshe Shelley, rhyme, sonnet, synecdoche, Annotated Sonnet, Best Poetry Blog, formalist blog

Rhyme & Meter Online: March 29 2009

upinvermont wrote 8 months ago: Many discussions on various forums which, though interesting, are too changeable to reference. If an … more →

Tags: Rhyme & Meter Online, Best Poetry Blog, formalism, Formalist, formalist blog, Good Poetry Blog, great poet, Great Poets, Holly Bliss

Rhyme & Meter Online: March 22, 20091 comment

upinvermont wrote 8 months ago: A belated post this week. Not as much but I’ll add more if I find more (or by your recommendat … more →

Tags: Rhyme & Meter Online, BennyThomas's Weblog, Best Poetry Blog, Black Power, Chaucer, Dana Gioia, formalist blog, Good Poetry Blog, great poet

John Donne & the Meter of Death be not Proud...24 comments

upinvermont wrote 9 months ago: October 14 2009 – New Post John Donne: His Sonnet IX • Forgive & Forget May 18, 2009 -  Jo … more →

Tags: About Iambic Pentameter, About Sonnets, Formal Poetry, How to Read Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Pentameter, John Donne, Meter, Poem, Poetry

Vermont Poetry Newsletter & Event Calendar March 15 20095 comments

upinvermont wrote 9 months ago: [The Vermont Poetry Newsletter is not issued by me but by Ron Lewis, by whose permission I post this … more →

Tags: Vermont Poetry Newsletter, Otter Creek Poets, ron lewis, Vermont Poet Laureates, John Engels, US Poets Laureate List, great poet, April Ossmann, Queen City Review

Rhyme & Meter Online: March 15, 2009

upinvermont wrote 9 months ago: Many discussions on various forums which, though interesting, are too changeable to reference. If an … more →

Tags: Rhyme & Meter Online, Annie Finch, Best Poetry Blog, formalist blog, Fourteen on Form, Good Poetry Blog, great poet, Great Poets, How to Write Iambic Pentameter

The Writing and Art of Iambic Pentameter7 comments

upinvermont wrote 9 months ago: June 28 2009 – The follow up to this post is The Art of Rhyme and Meter The Writing and Art of … more →

Tags: Poem, Poetry, Formal Poetry, Dramatic Verse, Meter, Iambic Pentameter, Patrick Gillespie, Erotic, William Shakespeare

(G)reatness): Orr and his Respondents

upinvermont wrote 9 months ago: It’s been about two and a half weeks since Orr’s article appeared. The implicit question … more →

Tags: Opinion, David Orr, great poet, Collin Kelly, HG Poetics, Digital Emunction, clusterflock, Zachariah Wells, HTMLGIANT

Rhyme and Meter Online: March 8, 2009

upinvermont wrote 9 months ago: As with last week, many discussions on various forums which, though interesting, are too changeable … more →

Tags: Rhyme & Meter Online, Best Poetry Blog, Delight and Disorder, Emily Dickinson, formalist blog, Good Poetry Blog, great poet, Great Poetry Blog, Great Poets

W.B. Yeats & Long Legged Fly: Meaning & Meter2 comments

upinvermont wrote 9 months ago: Some Good References I’ve been wanting to study some Yeats. Many of his greatest poems are wri … more →

Tags: Poetry, rhyme, Formal Poetry, criticism, Meter, Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Tetrameter, iambic trimeter, Iambic Dimeter

(G)reatness & Style: Jack Stillinger on John Keats1 comment

upinvermont wrote 9 months ago: Apropos to my previous post on (G)reatness and the Language of Poetry, I was reading Jack Stillinger … more →

Tags: Opinion, John Keats, great poet, Style, Jack Stillinger, poetic style, mode of expression, elements of poetry, Best Poetry Blog


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