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| | Judith Skillman - Ars Poetica: A Discussion |
 | | 'Ars Poetica' literally refers to 'the art of poetry' (Webster's New World, 3rd Edition), and, as such, it provides a fairly simple method by which one may fathom an individual poets' philosophy of poetry, his or her motivation, ambition, background, and poetic vision. |
 | | The 'ars poetica' form may be regarded as the quintessential poem, in that it distills and exemplifies essential qualities found in a poet's canon, and therefore lends transparency to an author's signature--style, voice, and choice of formal or informal verse. |
 | | From the first line, "I too dislike it,...", Moore immediately disposes of any claim to pomposity, which is one of the problems most readers have in their conceptions of poetry, generally formed from early school experiences, when as students they were forced to memorize arcane, pedantic, full-rhyme poems. |
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