ABSTRACT
The rhymed prose on the art of writing to introduce past masterpieces as models for an examination of the good and the bad in writing. Each writer finds a new entrance into the mystery, and it is difficult to explain. The poet stands at the centre of a universe, contemplating the enigma, drawing sustenance from masterpieces of the past. The poet brings light into great darkness, even if that means the simple must become difficult or the difficult easy. Each new composition assumes a special air, but only through trying many shapes and changes, learning the art of the subtle. Searching for a subject, a poet may indulge in the needlessly obscure or in the trivial, forsaking common sense. Sometimes rhythms and harmonies dominate, and the poet finds them seductive. Hyperaware of technique, the poem may be stripped of its reasoning like a feast without gravy.
