In the last of his series on poetry, James Fenton discusses the poet's role in the operatic tradition
Collaborating on a composition can be difficult, writes James Fenton
Masterclass: Great lyrics will stand even without a score, writes James Fenton
Free verse can seem a bit extreme at times, writes James Fenton
James Fenton on the end of traditional metrics
Masterclass: The visual effect of a poem can be as important as its aural impact, writes James Fenton
James Fenton on how to use rhyme to make a poem more memorable
James Fenton on rhyme, and reasons for using it
Masterclass: Some metrical forms make the leap into English verse, others remain as mere exercises
James Fenton on grappling with varieties of form, serious and not serious, major and minor
Milton was the expert but there are many variations, writes James Fenton
James Fenton looks at the most complicated forms of rhyme
James Fenton considers variations of lines and length in the stanza
James Fenton looks at shorter varieties of the stanza
James Fenton on how many syllables make a good long line
Poets looking for speed and rhythm have a useful device to hand in the iambic tetrameter, says James Fenton
Long or short? In his latest poetry masterclass, James Fenton gets the measure of verse
James Fenton on a trochaic variation that owes much to the Elizabethans
James Fenton on the quintessential stresses in English verse
James Fenton on how variation in a line presents the poet with many challenges.