'Humdrum and Harum-Scarum: A Lecture on Free Verse' is an essay by the poet Robert Bridges
Robert Bridges
Robert Seymour Bridges, Order of Merit , was an English poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.... , first published in November 1922
1922 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .... in both the North American Review
North American Review
The North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others, it was published continuously until 1940, when publication was suspended due to World War II.... and the London Mercury
London Mercury
The London Mercury was the name of several periodicals published in London from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. The earliest was a newspaper that appeared during the Exclusion Bill crisis; it lasted only 56 issues .... . In it Bridges explains what he regards as the 'adverse conditions' that free verse
Free verse
Free Verse poetry does not have a strict pattern of rhyming. It does not have regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or a specific stanza pattern.... imposes upon a poet:
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'Humdrum and Harum-Scarum: A Lecture on Free Verse' is an essay by the poet Robert Bridges
Robert Bridges
Robert Seymour Bridges, Order of Merit , was an English poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.... , first published in November 1922
1922 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .... in both the North American Review
North American Review
The North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others, it was published continuously until 1940, when publication was suspended due to World War II.... and the London Mercury
London Mercury
The London Mercury was the name of several periodicals published in London from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. The earliest was a newspaper that appeared during the Exclusion Bill crisis; it lasted only 56 issues .... . In it Bridges explains what he regards as the 'adverse conditions' that free verse
Free verse
Free Verse poetry does not have a strict pattern of rhyming. It does not have regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or a specific stanza pattern.... imposes upon a poet:
