Critical Inversion

I cannot keep track of my favourites for the life of me, so, as I scourge the web for information on my delightful Russian, I keep them here:

On his memoirs, Speak, Memory (then "Conclusive Evidence").
Why he detested Freud, and his imagined audience.
Partly on the writing process.
The Old Magician at Home
Transparent Things
Most of these are stolen from this site, which also apparently contains a few readings.

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I have been reading about metre, iambic pentameter in its inverted form particularly:
The problem with amateur poetry is that they write is free verse. Free verse is justifiable, if you know what you are renouncing. They write free verse because it is easy; it does not demand any knowledge of metre, rhyme or philosophy; it does not demand thought or care paid to punctation to create an effect. If you, by your free verse, present a poem that is carefully wrought and thought out, I will respect you. If not, I will discard you as a fraud.

My justification? Arrogance.

Critical Inversion

I cannot keep track of my favourites for the life of me, so, as I scourge the web for information on my delightful Russian, I keep them here:

On his memoirs, Speak, Memory (then "Conclusive Evidence").
Why he detested Freud, and his imagined audience.
Partly on the writing process.
The Old Magician at Home
Transparent Things
Most of these are stolen from this site, which also apparently contains a few readings.

----

I have been reading about metre, iambic pentameter in its inverted form particularly:
The problem with amateur poetry is that they write is free verse. Free verse is justifiable, if you know what you are renouncing. They write free verse because it is easy; it does not demand any knowledge of metre, rhyme or philosophy; it does not demand thought or care paid to punctation to create an effect. If you, by your free verse, present a poem that is carefully wrought and thought out, I will respect you. If not, I will discard you as a fraud.

My justification? Arrogance.