News at Eleven: [Kenneth] Rexroth's means would have satisfied

St. Jerome's demands for general style and emphasis. He once explained how he did it. "The basic line of good verse is cadenced . . . built around the natural breath structures of speech." This results in a rare naturalness. Here are several examples.

From Ki no Tsurayuki: "Out in the marsh reeds/A bird cries out in sorrow,/As though it had recalled/Something better forgotten."

from The Japan Times: Gained in translation: bringing Asian poetry to the English language

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