Friday, February 16, 2007

Best Known American Narrative Poet

"He is, without doubt, the best-known American narrative poet of the last half of the 20th century. And not just best known: he’s one of the best."

That's a critic on Newsweek's website, speaking of Dr. Seuss.

For its 50th anniversary, there's an annotated edition of The Cat In The Hat.

It's the first news story I've read in a while that mentions anapestic dimeter.

He seems rather silly
But one thing is clear
Somehow, willy nilly,
That cat is still here.

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