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Tape for the Turn of the Year

Tape for the Turn of the Year

Ammons, A. R.

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0393312046
ISBN13: 9780393312041
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Nov 17 1965
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.21
Language: English
In the form of a journal covering the period December 6, 1963, through January 10, 1964, A. R. Ammons's long, thin poem was written on a roll of adding-machine tape, then transferred foot by foot to manuscript. He chose this method as a serious experiment in making a poem adapt to something outside itself. The tape determined both the length of the poem's lines and when it ends. Tape for the Turn of the Year is a poem of infinite variety, blessed by the rich resources of one of this century's greatest poets. By turns witty, serious, lyrical, and meditative, it is at once a superbly entertaining book and a significant literary achievement.

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