Outlines common abuses that occur when students first use dramatic analysis in oral interpretation. Offers guidelines to help make students' efforts more productive; uses William Carlos Williams's poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" as an example. (PD)

The person and poetry of Walt Whitman are discussed. Excerpts from his poems are included. (RM)

Discusses H.D.'s influence on Adrienne Rich in the context of Rich's vision of female literary tradition as a "family" model of influence in which mothers and daughters, represented by past and present authors, seek to transcend the divisive attitudes of patriarchy (in contrast to Bloom's theory of literary, oedipal rivalry). (ML)

Explores the role of word sounds in the compositional process and investigates whether the reader's responses to the sound structure need to be adjusted if that structure's influence on the emerging meaning is significant. (MM)

Describes elements necessary to achieve maximum impact in lyric poetry. (DS)

The author satirically questions the right of modern poets and modern poetry to the pedestal they are often afforded. (MM)

Part of a panel discussion on the modern Japanese novelist presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies on March 29, 1972, in New York, New York. (DS)

Poetry is still an art form which requires craftsmanship, technique and discipline. Author expresses a negative reaction to Do-your-own-poetry-thing". (ML)