“When I try my hand at free verse, I’m a drowning man in stormy seas. Blank verse, by contrast, I know how to write—or anyway, I have that confidence that imperfectly indicates knowledge.” You’ve expressed much of my own experience with blank verse right here! Thanks for the brief run-down on Shaw, as well. Do you have any favorite resources that analytically engage in the tradition of blank verse a bit more comprehensively?
Have you read Shakespeare's Metrical Art? I have got some way through it, but kind of lost interest with the poets leading up to Big W. The author does come up with another description of blank verse, which i think is well summarized in the intro
“When I try my hand at free verse, I’m a drowning man in stormy seas. Blank verse, by contrast, I know how to write—or anyway, I have that confidence that imperfectly indicates knowledge.” You’ve expressed much of my own experience with blank verse right here! Thanks for the brief run-down on Shaw, as well. Do you have any favorite resources that analytically engage in the tradition of blank verse a bit more comprehensively?
Thanks! And, about your question, unfortunately no...but I hope to someday.
Have you read Shakespeare's Metrical Art? I have got some way through it, but kind of lost interest with the poets leading up to Big W. The author does come up with another description of blank verse, which i think is well summarized in the intro
I have read it! I wrote about it here https://mostly.substack.com/p/book-review-shakespeares-metrical.
Thank you! Can't believe I missed that one....