@inbook{10.3138/j.ctt130jw5q.12, ISBN = {9781442623057}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt130jw5q.12}, abstract = {Project:To discover the character of the poet’s initial gesture. At a given moment he is not within the poetic process; in the next moment he is, – how is the transition effected? What is the bridge that leads from the static to the dynamic? Is there a poetic attitude? If so, how is it struck?Medium of investigation: A study of first lines.Terrain of investigation: Palgrave’sGolden Treasury. Other anthologies, of course, may be used. Palgrave’s is chosen because it is more accessible and because it has acquired, if only through lapse of time, a certain classical character.Some}, booktitle = {Notebooks: Selections from the A.M. Klein Papers}, pages = {103--124}, publisher = {University of Toronto Press}, title = {‘Marginalia’}, year = {1994} }