Original poem reprinted online here: "Poetry" by Alfred Kreymborg Originally read: April 27, 2013 More information about the Poet: Alfred Kreymborg This is an funny and odd definition poem about Poetry. This isn't ars poetica in a sense that this is the speakers definition of poetry, rather this is the speaker observing a critics interpretation of poetry and then critiquing the critic. Convoluted, yes. That's just me. So the first line introduces the critic and the description is humorous. Ladislaw is his name and: five feet six inches high, which means that his eyes are five feet two inches from the ground. The humor comes from the perspective. Also the note that the value of "Poetry" will be decided with eyes, body language, physical response to poetry. There's three levels here. First if "his eyes lift to five feet / an...
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