Contrastive stress is very important in English, as poems a… - John Hollander

" "
Contrastive stress is very important in English, as poems are full of invisible italicised contrasts of this kind.

John Hollander

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About John Hollander

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

All quotes from John Hollander Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like John Hollander:

Michael Schmidt Robert Pinsky Dennis O'Driscoll Vernon Scannell Edward Hirsch

Additional quotes by John Hollander

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

You can teach the writing of verse..like prose..an instrument..and the recognition of true poetry. The rest, writers must teach themselves.

Reading a poem aloud by someone who understands it, can be a crucial experience, but better yet is reading it aloud oneself.

Contrastive stress is very important in English, as poems are full of invisible italicised contrasts of this kind. - John Hollander

About John Hollander

Limited Time Offer

Additional quotes by John Hollander

Enhance Your Quote Experience