Word-Scales a Radical Approach to Poetry
Author: | Lurie, Toby |
Year: | 2000 |
ISBN: | 0-7734-3410-0 978-0-7734-3410-3 |
Price: | $39.95 |
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Word-Scales is a term the poet devised to describe a process of composing poetry. It’s a method of creating with the language of words rather than the language of music. Although there are obvious differences between Word-Scales and music scales, the basic concepts of composing with them are much the same. Music forms are a primary agent in composing with Word-Scales. Those most prominently used are: fugue, rondo. Sonata, crab-fugue and serial forms.