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Yarrowrhyme

I’ve completed the first major revision of my 2018 field guide to Paul Muldoon’s “soundprint” [see original post here]. Now with the title “Yarrowrhyme, or, Paul Muldoon’s Soundprint”, this update adds three new yarrowrhyming poems published since 2018: “Frolic and Detour” (Frolic and Detour), “The Triumph” (Howdie-Skelp) and “Near Izium” (Joy in Service on the […]

11.12.2024 – 13:05 | By D-AW | Posted in Criticism, Digital Humanities, Etymology, Lexicography, Poetry | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Paul Muldoon’s Soundprint

Paul Muldoon’s virtuosity with rhyme is often commented upon by critics (“virtuosity” is a frequent epithet where his rhymes are concerned, as are “bravura”, and “high-wire act”). One grand old man once wittily remarked that Muldoon could rhyme “cat” and “dog”, which is nice because while on the surface it suggests some kind of magical […]

09.04.2018 – 12:59 | By D-AW | Posted in Criticism, Digital Humanities, Poetry | Tagged , , | Comments (1)