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“They are built upon 'organic rhythm,' or the rhythm of the speaking voice with its necessity for breathing, rather than upon a strict metrical system.”

Grounding free verse rhythm in the natural movement of speech · Preface, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed

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Amy Lowell

9 February 1874–12 May 1925

Amy Lawrence Lowell emerged from the staid drawing rooms of Boston's Brahmin society to become one of the most controversial and influential poets of early twentieth-century America. Born on February 9, 1874, into one of New England's most distinguished families, she would spend her fifty-one years challenging…

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