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in verse # 27 : wretched matter and lame Meter

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Clark

John Milton didn’t know jack about free verse, and yet when he explicated his reason for shunning rime he sounded like he understood the reasoning of the free versifiers at the turn of the last century.  In introducing Paradise lost … Continue reading →

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in verse #26 : organ music

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Dennis Clark

If the last three letters of the f-word are what seems most repellent about it — the sound of “uck” — that would explain how some other words ending that way still seem a bit odd, if not funny or … Continue reading →

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