[Janice D. Soderling]

Dean: Also my "best guess" was a sestina variant, but it seemed too great a leap. I'll certainly go check out that site you mentioned. (What a coincidence!) And I do have (and warmly recommend) "The Art of Syntax" so I'll look there as well.

Susan: I wasn't smart enough to think of hendecasyllabics (which I'm not sure I understand completely, despite knowing several lovely poems which are so categorized. Notably Annie Finch's "Lucid Waking".)

I was/am also perplexed about the identity rhymes because they are not used consistently.

And use of "anthroopmorphize" and possibly even "stereopticons" would in these spherical halls doubtless call forth at least a few resounding cries of "off with his head".

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Let me say at once that I am a huge fan of Donald Justice. But I was also surprised at the two "O" in this poem. I am probably exposing my ignorance (not the first time) but I am looking for the reasons this is included in the Best of the Best, which is no mean feat considering the number of poems that fell by the wayside before a Best of the Best could be compiled.