The Poet's Art [Paperback]

In this original work, one of our most distinguished poets and critics considers the nature of poetry as a recovery, in language, of revelatory awareness in process, and of structure as a balancing of pressures active inside the poem. In fresh, precise language, he presents a compelling theory of poetry based on intimate engagement with the many poems he quotes and discusses.Elegantly written. . . .A bright blending of the scholarly and the practitioners point of view.