"Trolling For Blues" by Richard Wilbur

Order Versecraft merch HERE Topics discussed in this episode include: -Varieties of Modernism: The Big Six-Formalism and Cosmic Rebellion-Wilbur's audacious sanity-The Idea Of Literary Celebrity At Key West-Accent vs. Stress -Measuring my stress levels -And isn't it ionic... don't you think? -The temptation to see ourselves in Nature-"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" by William Wordsworth-"The Garden" by Andrew Marvell-Wilbur's version of Altered States-Or maybe, Wilbur's version of Go Into The Water-God dreams of fishes-Nature itself is the strangest thing you could imagine Read the text of the poem hereSupport the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)