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...heroic couplets and terza rima and the Rubaiyat stanza. But he was perhaps most himself when fabricating his own unorthodox verse forms. He was a born matchmaker, tirelessly contriving a happy marriage of form and content, and the result was a heady range of tonal variations. A Merrill poem might begin like this...
ROBERT HOLLAND JR. New Ben & Jerry's CEO earned his title with a poem...
...fact that he is also faithful to the Inferno's original interlocking rhyme scheme, called terza rima (aba, bcb, cdc, etc). Pinsky avoids he possible pitfalls of this demanding form and triumphs with crisp and inventive rhymes that not only meet the demands of form but also bring the poem to life...
Pinsky's attention to the original language of the poem is notably apparent in canto XIII. In his description of the suicides--those condemned for being violent against themselves--Dante fills the canto with the language of negation...
Pinsky's ability to convey the profound spirit of depression found in many of the Inferno's cantos supports his contention that the poem may be about the inner state of the soul in life, as well as after death...