Paradiso

What is the author's style in Paradiso by Kenneth Koch?

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Koch relies heavily on enjambment throughout the poem. This poetic device is the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line to the next, without pausing for an end-line full stop. Nearly every thought at the end of each line continues into the beginning of the following line, serving to give the poem its prosy tone and to minimize the distractions of obvious meters, rhythms, and rhyme schemes. The result is a piece that reads as though the speaker is simply talking to himself.

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