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Verse by Adelaide Crapsey

Verse by Adelaide Crapsey

Crapsey, Adelaide

Hardcover

Fiction AnthologiesPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 116903120X
ISBN13: 9781169031203
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Verse by Adelaide Crapsey is a collection of poems written by American poet Adelaide Crapsey. The book features a selection of her works, including her signature creation, the cinquain. The cinquain is a five-line poem with a specific syllable count for each line. Crapsey's cinquains are known for their concise and powerful language, often exploring themes of mortality, nature, and the human experience. The book also includes some of Crapsey's other poems, showcasing her talent for crafting evocative and thought-provoking verse. Overall, Verse by Adelaide Crapsey is a must-read for anyone interested in modernist poetry and the evolution of the form.1915. Teacher and Poet, Crapsey's interest in meter and rhythm led her to devise a new verse form, the cinquain, a five-line form of twenty-two syllables. Her own selection of cinquains and verses in other forms was published posthumously and was embraced by the younger generation of literati.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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