id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6131 Briggflatts - Wikipedia .html text/html 859 95 75 Briggflatts is a long poem by Basil Bunting published in 1966. It was first read in public on 22 December 1965 in the medieval Morden Tower, part of Newcastle town wall, and published in 1966 by Fulcrum Press.[1] Bunting also wrote another poem with "Briggflatts" in its title, the short work "At Briggflatts meetinghouse" (1975).[2][3] He cites the poem to show that free verse can include a rhyme scheme without following other conventions of traditional English poetry. To Rudman, the poem allows the subject to dictate the rhyming words and argues that the "solemn mallet" is allowed to change the patterns of speech in the poetry to meet with the themes discussed in the text.[6] ^ "A Basic Chronology"[permanent dead link], Basil Bunting Poetry Centre. "The Poet's Point of View", included in Basil Bunting, Briggflatts (2009). "The Poet's Point of View", included in Basil Bunting, Briggflatts (2009). ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6131.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6131.txt