The Structure of Rime (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
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- Author: Edward Howard Duncan
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Language or languages, Creation myth, Mythology or myths, Poetry or poets, Gods or goddesses, Germany or German people, Water, Quest, Holy Grail or Grail quest
“The Structure of Rime” sections of Duncan's books were never gathered together in one specific volume, and their author never wished them to be. Indeed, Duncan wrote them as a series of ongoing prose-poem discussions of his poetics. The initial thirteen were interspersed throughout his first major collection, The Opening of the Field, the next seven were included in Roots and Branches, while five appeared in Bending the Bow. Three appeared in Ground Work, with one final section in Ground Work II.
These highly complex open-form prose poems...
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