these preliminaries & wrap-ups are superfluous

if anything sounds like repetition

as a rule of thumb or in the first instance

you need to ‘pick out the eyes’ of the poem

& remember to reduce the apparatus as notes

should be restricted as sources, meaning that,

you need to express a concept

especially the first time you introduce it:

restrict long, complex, convoluted sentences (no poem should contain

more than x ideas) use concrete nouns – don’t say similar

nouns were made by ashbery – & plain natural impersonal unpretentious

–

imagine talking to an intelligent friend at a kitchen table in a pub

–

curious friendly straightforward voices;

unlearn the instillation of unfortunate writing

habits & recommend you give the title

serious consideration as a widely available place to start.