Tim,
I see your name frequently (and even your photo now and then) in trade
articles on XML, so I know you're qualified to be involved in a project
whose goal is an electronic edition of Pound's Cantos. But I cannot let your
Dr. Seuss comparison stand, sir!  [-(

That's a visor, btw, where were my eyes.

Pound frequently insists that the musical poetic line must NOT be _exact_
per the metronome.
Tim Romano


Tim Bray at midnight Whoville Time tacked these comments onto an otherwise
sensible post :


> Speaking of the actual observed rhythm, I expect that too
> many who hold forth on this point have experimented
> insufficiently with reading the Cantos aloud - I can do
> this only by bypassing the lines that include Han
> characters (not to mention hieroglyphics), but within the
> bounds of this limitation, they work awfully well out
> loud.  Much better than the work of some otherwise
> unimpeachable living poets such as Seth and Walcott.
> The only English-language poet springing to mind who
> consistently exceeds EP in the rhythmic exactitude and
> natural syllabic flow would be, well, er, Dr. Seuss (yes,
> I'm serious, at least on alternate weeks).
>
> Cheers, Tim Bray