At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes english line manageable
My feeling is that poetry will wither on the vine if you don't regularly come back to the simplest fundamentals of the poem: rhythm, rhyme, simple subjects - love, death, war. James Fenton backdeathfelt Change image and share on social
Working alone on a poem, a poet is of all artists the most free. The poem can be written with a modicum of technology, and can be published, in most cases, quite cheaply. James Fenton artistcasecheaply Change image and share on social
'Love' is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like 'move.' The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem in which the poet addresses his adored both as 'love' and as 'guv' - a perfectly decent solution once, but only once, in a while. James Fenton addressadorealternative share on social
They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York. Roddy McDowall boyenglishknow Change image and share on social
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright culturedirtyfan Change image and share on social
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. Jimmy Buffett funhalfhunt Change image and share on social