Pairs - Blake Robinson
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Call them what you will - two-liners, couplets, distichs. Pairs is a small book of very small poems. There are - who was counting in the doing - one hundred and eleven of them. A pair, that is, two lines, are enough; "Where's the rest?" doesn't get asked. The poems provide diversity too. One may be close to an aphorism, another is a lyric yelp, and yet another a see-saw of observation and assessment. Taken ... Full description
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Description
Call them what you will - two-liners, couplets, distichs. Pairs is a small book of very small poems. There are - who was counting in the doing - one hundred and eleven of them. A pair, that is, two lines, are enough; "Where's the rest?" doesn't get asked. The poems provide diversity too. One may be close to an aphorism, another is a lyric yelp, and yet another a see-saw of observation and assessment. Taken as a group, and singly at times, the poems can be by turns anguished, exultant, contemplative, laughing..
The form of two-line verse has a history going back at least to the Greeks, who could be pithy indeed. (These now are less than Greek, though a god or two does pass through.) With so few words, to seek to separate content from form really does seem futile. A directness results. Have a look:
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| Author | Blake Robinson |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Xlibris Corporation LLC |
| Release year | 2001 |
| Cover type | Hardcover |
| EAN | 9780738868226 |