{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64dea0c3156644001135fc74/6741c91d5f96507d49df0401?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"23. Free Verse Form - \"Small Kindnesses\" by Danusha Lameris","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64dea0c3156644001135fc74/1733363417124-648018e4-2434-40cc-b5cd-0d166afe1c46.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We’ve also previously been talking about this dynamic interchange – what Hopkins calls <em>counterpoint </em>— between Form and Function, how truly great poems take on a form not because the form is important in itself but because the <em>structure</em> of the poem somehow reflects the <em>subject matter</em>. So, what about free verse? Today’s poem is a good example about how free verse itself can serve a function. Join me for \"<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/magazine/poem-small-kindnesses.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Small Kindnesses</a>\" by Danusha Lameris!</p><p><br></p><p>Used with consent from the author.</p><p>Production Gustav Worm-Leth</p><p>Outro <a href=\"https://yentltijssens.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yentl Tijssens</a></p>","author_name":"Preston Losack"}