Status Updates From The Art of the Poetic Line

Instead of asking only, “What am I trying to say?” the poet also asks:
- Where should the reader pause?
- Where should the thought continue?
- Which words should receive emphasis?
- What patterns am I creating?
- When should I disrupt those patterns?
- How does the sound of the language change when I arrange it differently?

Technique What it can contribute
Meter A recurring rhythmic pattern
Rhyme Sonic relationships and expectations
Repetition Emphasis, rhythm, and familiarity
Syntax The movement and logic of thought
Lineation Pacing, emphasis, interruption, and continuation
Diction The texture and sound of individual words

I’m supposed to be reading this to better myself as a writer, but instead I’m becoming infatuated with poets I’ve never heard of… oops

This book is intense!