Carolina QuotesI think what holds a poem like this together for me, if it’s held together, is largely meter; this one is in iambic pentameter and iambic pentameter whatever else it is, can be a very good glue. It is a very good way to hold things together. It’s like 4:4 you know.
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- WPFW-FM inteview with Grace Cavalieri 1995/96 season
- year
- 1995
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