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Tag Archives: John McWhorter
in verse # 16 : rime royal
In “The horrors of the German language,” chapter 8 of his Words and rules, Steven Pinker reminds us that “no one is biologically disposed to speak a particular language. The experiments called immigration and conquest, in which children master languages … Continue reading
Posted in In Verse
Tagged Albert C. Baugh, alliteration, Alliterative revival, Alliterative verse, Chaucer’s major poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer, Green Armor on Green Ground, John McWhorter, Our magnificent bastard tongue, poetry, rhyme, rime, Steven Pinker, syllabic rhyming verse, the continental form, The Oxford companion to English Literature, verse, Words and rules : the ingredients of language
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in verse #5 : green armor
It was in his first class at the University of Washington, and my first poetry class in graduate school, that I met Leslie Norris. He walked into class that first day and said, in what we would all have surmised … Continue reading
in verse, #1 : in the beginning
I first thought of calling this bloggette “re verse,” after the blogmaster proposed “Poetry Corner,” because I intend to write about verse, not poetry. “Poetry” is a quality judgment applied to occurences of verse, and some writers deprecate their works … Continue reading
Posted in In Verse
Tagged Beowulf, Frederick Rebsamen, John McWhorter, poetry, reading aloud, Simon Armitage, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, verse
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