American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1632 short lesson, about 20 seconds
James Wright and the Turn to Loose Form
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The idea
Wright grew up poor in Martins Ferry, Ohio, went to Kenyon on the GI Bill under John Crowe Ransom, and studied with Roethke at Washington. The anchor says his poetry moved from meter and stanza to loose form, and that his books centre on people society has pushed aside.
In practice
Meter abandoned for the marginalized.
Where people slip
The form changed with the subject.
Your place on the trail
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