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Mr. Willard A Kik:

I'm eager to learn a response to Jinpeng's question, as contained in the
"forward" below.  I'm a doubter about the poetic forms Mr. Kik attributes to
ED, but I'm also
a neophyte in these matters and would like to learn.  Or have I failed to see
a reply?
Can anyone else answer Jinpeng's question?

Louis Forsdale
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Willard A. Kik wrote:
>   Also, remember to pay attention
> to the structure (mechanics).  Dickinson has been known to do things like
> having having every stanza contain 7 lines in order to symbolize the days
> of the week in a poem about the passing of time.  Another cool one she did
> is that she had 5 lines in a stanza with each one getting slightly shorter
> in order to look like a human rib cage, this is because the poem was about
> the crucifixion of Christ and Christ had been stabbed under the 5th rib.

Could you provide the numbers of these two poems or their first lines?

Jinpeng