There are no rules. However, principles may be discerned in actual practice; for example, in the way people actually speak, or in the lines the poets… - Robert Pinsky

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There are no rules. However, principles may be discerned in actual practice; for example, in the way people actually speak, or in the lines the poets have written.

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About Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.

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Craft is something you learn by studying models.When a student asks, what is a good book about traditional iambic verse, The Collected Poems of Ben Jonson. What is an excellent book about free verse? The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams. What is a good book about short line in ballad metre? The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson.

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