“Rhythm and repetition of sounds, words and phrases make spoken poetry sound different to ordinary discourse.”
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Michael Schmidt (poet) (1947) American poet
Lives of the Poets, Phoenix, 1988
“In poetry much of the sense and most of the pleasure resides in the sounds the poem make.”
Michael Schmidt (poet) (1947) American poet
The Great Modern Poets, London, 2006
John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) (1642–1710) English lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England
Fortescue, J., Button v. Heyward (1722), 8 Mod. 24. This is in reference perhaps to Baker v. Pearce, 6 Mod. 23.
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Robert Pinsky (1940) American poet, editor, literary critic, academic.
Poetry and the World, Ecco Press,1988
“Sound poetry is a fusion of music and literature.”
Dick Higgins (1938–1998) English composer and poet
The Origin of Happenings (1976)
Variant: Concrete poetry is a fusion of visual art and poetry.
“Poetry is what looks like poetry, what sounds like poetry. It is metrical composition.”
J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985) American writer
'Poetry, Structure and Tradition' Dec 31 1939
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