The large (in English) unphilosophical, 'poetic' or 'religi… - John Hollander

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The large (in English) unphilosophical, 'poetic' or 'religious' questions are elicited from their precise and technical microcosms.

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John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic.

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'Poetic form' is a very deep matter that covers much more than phonological or typological pattern.

Metre is to rhythm as eye is to ear.

Poetic form, as we know it, is an abstraction from, or residue of musical form.... The ghost of oral poetry never vanishes...all poetry was originally oral.

The large (in English) unphilosophical, 'poetic' or 'religious' questions are elicited from their precise and technical microcosms. - John Hollander

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