Tape for the Turn of the Year

by A.R. Ammons

Book Overview

In the form of a journal covering the period December 6, 1963, through January 10, 1964, A. R. Ammons's long, thin poem was written on a roll of adding-machine tape, then transferred foot by foot to manuscript. He chose this method as a serious experiment in making a poem adapt to something outside itself. The tape determined both the length of the poem's lines and when it ends. Tape for the Turn of the Year is a poem of infinite variety, blessed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393312046
• ISBN13: 9780393312041
• Release Date: November 1965
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"