The Long Line in Adrienne Rich's Recent Poetry.

The article critiques the poetry of American poet Adrienne Rich, noting her use of long lines in her poems. It explores the tension between the conventions of verse and the creation of poetry, experimentation with various line lengths, and the search for a poetic idiom that satisfies both aesthetic criteria and political statement. Poems include "Gabriel," "Shooting Script," and "Yom Kippur 1984."