The Orbit of Meter: Writings on Poems and Prosody by Robert Wallace

By: Robert Wallace

Robert Wallace (1932-1999) forged a distinguished career as a poet, teacher, editor, and prosodist. Printed here for the first time, the monograph Free Verse and the Orbit of Meter mounts a rigorous defense of his original--and still controversial--theory of prosody first outlined in the essay, "Meter in English," which begins this volume. A native Ozarker, Wallace was a prolific letter writer whose correspondents included John Updike, Dana Gioia, Donald Hall, Ted Hughes, Linda Pastan, and Mary Oliver. The volume ends with a descriptive inventory of his literary correspondence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1737961636
• ISBN13: 9781737961635
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Moon City Press
• Length: 252 Pages