Be somewhat afraid. (Link from Stumbling Tongue.)

Part I: Statement in Poetry Part II: External Evidence Part III: Scansion Part IV: Public and Private Reading The vehicle of a poem is the figure that carries the weight of the composition. The tenor is the subject to which the vehicle refers. (These useful terms come from I.A. Richards, author of Practical Criticism, which […]

It’s begging week at NPR, and I have a suggestion. If they’re going to claim, as they have several times this morning, that they rely on their listeners for all of their funding, they might want to remove this smoking gun from their own site.