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From: gbusch@express.ca (Gerry Busch)
Subject: Re: In Defense of Free Verse
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 04:52:41 GMT
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engelson@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il (Dr. Shlomo (Sean) Engelson) wrote:


>In article <4aia9n$ih2@blackice.winternet.com> trashman@klondike.winternet.com (Barry Schwartz) writes:

>   In article <MAVERICK.95Dec11123143@deodar.cs.berkeley.edu>
>	   maverick@cs.berkeley.edu (Vance Maverick) writes:
>   ]OK, that makes better sense.  I thought you had specific "rules of
>   ]free verse" in mind.  Rather, you meant that even poets who don't
>   ]intend an effect of regularity need to know what regularity is.

>   If they are having trouble with regularity, I recommend trying several
>   cups of tea a day, if they tolerate it.  The problem should clear up.

>	   My problem made me sit and smile.
>	   I thought I'd try some chamomile.
>	   This gave me heartburn, so I tried
>	   Assam, which made me clean inside.

>	Then for a taste much more refined
>	I sipped Darjeeling, cleared my mind.
>	But then to really hit the spot
>	I had to have some Earl Grey, hot.

To aid digestion, here's a hint:
Simmer up some leaves of mint;
But if you find the flavor wrong,
You may prefer Lapsang Souchong!

   (Jingle time, folks!)

   :-)

   Gerry


