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

John Hollander

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

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Very few writers of verse can read their work to keep their listeners aware of the beauty of sense, that sense of beauty from the powerful , delicate ways in which sense is made by poetry.

Reciting a poem aloud, you are not like an actor, rather you come to understand, then to be, the voice of the poem itself.

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

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

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