[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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