{"product_id":"structural-lyricism-poetry-without-metaphor-9781972788172","title":"Structural Lyricism: Poetry Without Metaphor","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. A. Gucci\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pressure System Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pressure System Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStructural Lyricism: Poetry Without Metaphor\u003c\/em\u003e presents a sequence of poems composed as systems rather than expressions of narrative or theme. Each work begins from an observable condition and proceeds through alteration, threshold, or displacement, allowing meaning to emerge through arrangement instead of explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRejecting metaphor and interpretive framing, the collection emphasizes structure, compression, and variation across a sustained sequence. Individual poems function as discrete transformations, while the larger work accumulates through repetition, difference, and shifting density. Some movements are immediate; others are delayed or withheld, leaving only their effects visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a body of work in which form carries the experience. No external framework is required. The poems present conditions and their alteration directly, inviting the reader to engage with structure as the primary source of meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePositioned at the intersection of contemporary poetry and formal experimentation, \u003cem\u003eStructural Lyricism\u003c\/em\u003e offers a rigorous approach to composition that challenges conventional expectations of lyric expression while maintaining clarity, precision, and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pressure System Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969527890071,"sku":"9781972788172","price":1336.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781972788172.webp?v=1782922210","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/structural-lyricism-poetry-without-metaphor-9781972788172","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}