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

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: Meter, Robert Frost, Hendadecasyllabic, About the Hendadecasyllable, Robert Frost, anapest, amphibrach, scansion, Robert Frost Scansion

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, Richard Wilbur, great poet, New York Times, Mind, Jim Holt, Adam Bradley, Book Of Rhymes, rap

Reading Richard Wilbur's "Mind"3 comments

upinvermont wrote 7 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, Better Poetry 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, sonnet, great poet, Ozymandias, Sir Phillip Sidney, New York Times, Got Poetry, A Poem is a Creation, Author's Den

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, Better Poetry Blog

Jayadeva, The Great Poet

mohanthy wrote 8 months ago: Jayadeva is one of the great poet who lived in the twelfth century in Orissa. He spent most of his l … more →

Tags: Gopalpur, Konark, orissa, paradip, Puri, Tourism, Travel, great poet, Jayadeva

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, Robert Frost, Meter, rhyme, Formalist, great poet, Poetry Foundation, PoemShape, Sir Phillip Sidney

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, Better Poetry Blog, Black Power, Chaucer, Dana Gioia, formalist blog, Good Poetry Blog

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

upinvermont wrote 8 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, April Ossmann, Best Poetry Blog, Better Poetry Blog, Bowdoin College, Brighten the Barn, Burlington Poetry Journal, Good Poetry Blog, great poet

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, Better Poetry Blog, formalist blog, Fourteen on Form, Good Poetry Blog, great poet, 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: Dramatic Verse, Erotic, Formal Poetry, How to Write Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Pentameter, John Dryden, Meter, Patrick Gillespie, Poem

Jayadeva, The Great Poet

mohanthy wrote 9 months ago: Jayadeva is one of the great poet who lived in the twelfth century in Orissa. He spent most of his l … more →

Tags: orissa, Puri, Konark, Jayadeva, great poet, Odissi Dance, Gopalpur, Chandrabhaga-Beach, paradip

(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, Better Poetry Blog, Delight and Disorder, Emily Dickinson, formalist blog, Good Poetry Blog, great poet, Great Poetry Blog


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