"Our metaphors for the poetry are generally those of packing and unpacking: Clark Kent pressing coal down to diamonds (Emily Dickinson) or Mallarmé distributing words over a chosen field. The question of poetics is how extensive or intensive the distribution should be. All poetic form is arbitrary, strategic, and emotional. The task of the author is to decide, how much 'jack' to pack into or out of the given box. The heroic couplet and Ron Silliman's 'new sentence' gaze out differently at the same rainy day."
~ Paul Hoover, "Black Painting Divided by a White Painting"
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