Robinson explains how poetry makes things happen through the interaction of its chosen words and forms with the reader's responses.

"What real role can poetry have in the world? How are its truths created by the words and sounds chosen by the poet and by the way readers respond to them? Accl

What real role can poetry have in the world? How are its truths created by the words and sounds chosen by the poet and by the way readers respond to them? Accla

This book concerns the way we read--or rather, imagine we are listening to--ancient Greek and Latin poetry. Through clear and penetrating analysis Mark Edwards