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Poetry

Petrushka

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6. Wonderful!

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #5)

Mon May 2, 2016, 05:50 AM

May 2016

As a very technical person, you might someday be curious about the
technical aspects of poetry and the masterful prosody techniques
Frost employed---the stuff that makes 'em "work"!

If you're interested already, here's a link to a book I'd recommend for
someone getting started. I read that book when it was first published.
I've been hooked on poetry ever since.

http://www.amazon.com/The-poet-poem-Judson-Jerome/dp/0911654259

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That was funny awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #1

Glad you were curious enough to take the time to search for the Frost poem. Petrushka May 2016 #2

I got The Poetry of Robert Frost awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #3

Good start! Over the years, you'll find yourself re-reading those poems and . . . Petrushka May 2016 #4

Thanks awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #5

Wonderful! Petrushka May 2016 #6

I'll check it out, thanks. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #7

I am an audible listener... angstlessk May 2016 #8