tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562891883024621712.post2947033611211716573..comments2023-10-09T19:21:41.974-07:00Comments on The Inner Music: Breaking the LineMichael T. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989610716056926730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562891883024621712.post-91040793795310520652011-11-15T18:06:02.557-08:002011-11-15T18:06:02.557-08:00Thank you, George.
I agree, many free verse poets...Thank you, George.<br /><br />I agree, many free verse poets write without care for the significance of line breaks. Unfortunately, this is even true of many of our celebrated poets. But there are many good examples too: George Oppen, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dunn, Gerald Stern, to name a few.Michael T. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989610716056926730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562891883024621712.post-84008446952588858332011-11-15T06:30:36.767-08:002011-11-15T06:30:36.767-08:00I find it heartening to read a free-verse poet act...I find it heartening to read a free-verse poet actually contemplating line-breaks, because so much free verse appears like shredded prose, with line-breaks arbitrarily or carelessly determined.<br /><br />GeorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com