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 originall… - John Hollander

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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.

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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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