Synopsis
This book is a collection of pattern poems - poems whose printed format presents a picture of some familiar object that is also the subject of the text. Patterned poems, also called shaped verse, are part of a long tradition that extends from Alexandrian Greek poets to Lewis Carroll and beyond. The poems in this book, written by the poet John Hollander, are on subjects ranging from a beach umbrella and a popsicle to time, love and idea. First published in 1969, the book has now been expanded to include ten recent poems in addition to the original 25, plus an introduction in which Hollander reflects on what a shaped poem is and how and why he wrote them. There are also explanatory comments for each poem.
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The Arrow's Winged Word
Bell Curve
Blots
Broken Column
Crise De Coeur
Doomed Edifice
Eskimo Pie
The Figure In The Carpet
Floating Signifier
Four-in-hand
Graven Image
High Upward
Idea
Kitty
Kitty And Bug
Last Quarter
Lazy Susan
Love Letter
Midwinter Tree
Playing An Obsolete Instrument
A Possible Fake
Shadow Of Noon
Skeleton Key
Squares
Stable Ego
A State Of Nature
Swan And Shadow
Tekiah Gedolah
This Way Next
The Thread Of Life
Under The Beach Umbrella
Vanished Mansard
A View Of The Untersberg
A Watched Pot
Work Problem
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