That particular form of enjambed free verse with short lines, as in WCW or Creeley, doesn't exist in Spanish in a very prominent way:
As the cat
climbed over
the top of
the jamcloset...
The usual forms of free verse in Spanish are long, endstopped lines combining traditional forms of seven, eleven and fourteen syllables. There is also a free verse with short lines, but with mostly end-stopped lines.
Jonathan, Can you point me to a couple of Spanish poets who write free verse this way?
ReplyDeleteLola Velasco, Pedro Salinas
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteI see you have chapters on these poets - in books, for some reason, I seem not to have in my library (need to correct that). I am looking forward to reading their work - and your discussion of them.