In Celebration of Poetry Month: To Read and To Write
George Biddle at work on a panel of the US Dept. of the Treasury, Section of Painting and Sculpture; sponsored mural entitled "Society Freed through Justice". Justice Department Building, Washington, DC. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, Archives of American Art
Joan L. Cannon writes: POETRY is a big word, in both denotation and connotation. Hours of classroom time and reams of thesis papers have been wasted in the attempt to analyze, categorize, classify, and define it. Rhyme, rhythm, diction, subject ... since before written language, from nonsense through ritual and history, folk songs, epics, in all languages, the list of schools and variations in form is too long to contemplate. However many attempts are made, full agreement is not likely.
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