[New-Poetry] "Poetry" question
Robin Hamilton
robin.hamilton2 at btinternet.com
Sun Dec 21 11:35:52 EST 2008
In an article by Donald Hall on Marianne Moore's "Poetry", to which my
attention was directed by Judy Prince, I found the following:
<<
"Poetry" has had several incarnations. The last version, appearing in the
_Complete Poems_ of 1967, is four lines long, having been cut from a poem of
thirty-eight lines that appeared in the _Selected Poems_ of 1935 and the
Collected Poems of 1951. This longer version, in turn, grew out of the
original thirteen lines printed in _Observations_.
>>
Two questions:
Does anyone have access to the earliest 13 line version, and would it be
legitimate to post it?
Am I right in thinking there were *two variants of the 38 line version,
where MM adjusted one line to "perfect" the syllabic structure?
Thanks in advance.
Robin
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