I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem.

Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a sense that the site and the occasion demand a form of writing which goes beyond plain informative prose. Each word is so valued that the letters forming it are seen as objects of solemn beauty.

I prefer writing in the mornings, so to that extent I have a routine. I do reading and other things in the afternoon.

Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since.

When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in modern spelling and with modern punctuation, and with notes. But any poetry that is performed - from song lyric to tragic speech - must make its point, as it were, without reference back.

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.