Metre is to rhythm as eye is to ear. - John Hollander

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Metre is to rhythm as eye is to ear.

John Hollander

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About John Hollander

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

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Central also to reading verse aloud is the handling of enjambment, ..the interplay of line-end and sentence-flow.

Rhythm and repetition of sounds, words and phrases make spoken poetry sound different to ordinary discourse.

Poetry may be written on paper, but it’s an oral art.A good poem satisfies the ear .It creates a story or picture that grabs you.