In a Postscript Hedley takes on the &"metaphysical conceit&" for a final demonstration of the explanatory power of Jakobson's theory of language.

I Made You to Find Me, the last line of one of Sexton's early poems, calls attention to how resourcefully the "I-you" relation had to be staged in order for this question to have an affirmative answer.

Modern Marriage and the Lyric Sequence investigates the ways in which some of our best poets writing in English have used poetic sequences to capture the lived experience of marriage.

In his house in Oxfordshire piles of books have spilled over tables and shelves and tottering mounds of dirty crockery obscure the sink. Yet, unlikely as it may seem, this is a remarkably light-hearted, sensitive and funny book.

This book illustrates the pitiless precision of each separate design. At the same time it documents the immense playing field in which Noten operates.