Adelaide Crapsey’s cinquain form is an American original. Its delicate, cut, and imagistic 2-4-6-8-2 lines can be seen as an even-syllable reflection of the odd-syllable Japanese poetics that she had encountered in Yone Noguchi’s poems and translations. Equally, the form accorded with her research on the deterministic nature of normal syllabic stress in English poetry. This collection presents for the first time all of Crapsey’s cinquains in one dedicated volume.
Details
- Publication Date
- Nov 12, 2022
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781922961204
- Category
- Poetry
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Adelaide Crapsey
Specifications
- Pages
- 42
- Binding Type
- Paperback Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- Pocket Book (4.25 x 6.875 in / 108 x 175 mm)