Poems
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Köp båda 2 för 388 krAn eclectic mix of shapes and subjects populate Taking Shape Jan D. Hodge’s full-length collection of carmina figurata (sometimes called shaped poems, pattern poetry, or figure poems). Hodge’s many masterpieces include depict...
jan d. hodge has given us an astonishing book-as remarkable a tour de force as ever i’ve seen. i wouldn’t have thought that witty verse form, the double dactyl, could be used to tell a story, but modifying the pattern only slightly, hodge retells some celebrated stories in enjoyable style-shakespeare plays, six tales from the Arabian Nights, and the popular medieval legend of Reynard the Fox. You don’t have to admire poetic ingenuity to read them with pleasure, but I’m all dumb doglike admiration at Hodge’s spectacular triumph.
-X.J. Kennedy
jan d. hodge’s mastery of the double dactyl is nothing short of stunning. open this book at random, and you will find the form perfectly used, the language both natural and original, and the wit a delight. from romeo to reynard, you’re going to love these poems.
-Gail White
jan d. hodge has renovated the most challenging of light verse forms and transformed it into a vehicle for poems that revisit classic works of literature. hodge’s deft handling of meter and intermittent quirky notes create a sense of intimacy between the reader and the poet that is both enjoyable and rare in today’s poetry.
-A.M. Juster
acknowledgments vi
i. the bard 1
Romeo and Juliet 3
The Taming of the Shrew 4
Richard III 6
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 8
The Merchant of Venice 10
I Henry IV 13
Much Ado About Nothing 15
Julius Caesar 18
As You Like It 20
Hamlet 24
Twelfth Night 27
King Lear 29
Measure for Measure 31
Macbeth 33
Antony and Cleopatra 35
The Tempest 37
ii. scheherazade 41
The Tale of the Second Kalandar 43
The Ass 54
The Historic Fart 57
The Tale of the Leg of Mutton 61
The Invitation to Universal Peace 68
The Tale of the First Captain 72
iii. reynard the fox 81
Reynard the Fox 83
notes 99