Foerster, Norman

American poetry and prose Norman Foerster ; Edited & Introduction by Dr. (Mrs.) Saraswati Chaudhary - 2nd - New Dehli Shree Publishers and Distributors 2018 - xxiii, 268p. 25cm.

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Scientists, young and old, have been writing poetry without knowing it ever since they composed their first abstract. Whether submitted for a meeting, an Initial

Query (IQ), or as the summary of a full paper, abstracts obey a formal structure as well defined as that of metrical poetry. Not all poetry, however. By and large, the abstract has more in common with short, funny verse forms such as the quatrain or limerick, than with nobler efforts such as the ballad or sonnet. The last line of a good abstract packs the punch of a limerick, as in this five-liner on Relativity:

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American literature

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