Bob and wheel is the common name for a metrical device most famously used by the poet whose body of work includes some of the most well-regarded poetry written in what?
Bob and wheel Bob and wheel is the common name for a metrical device most famously used by the Pearl Poet in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". The feature is found mainly in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry, where the bob and wheel occur typically at the end of a stanza. The "bob" is a very short line, sometimes of only two syllables, followed by the "wheel", longer lines with internal rhyme. There are at least forty known examples of bob and wheel use, but the origin of the form is obscure. It seems to predate the Pearl Poet. Bob and wheel is not used often in modern poetry.
Bob Grumman Bob Grumman (2 February 1941 – 2 April 2015) was a mathematical poet and critic of what he called "otherstream" poetry. He was a columnist for "Factsheet Five" from 1987 to 1992, and wrote a regular column for "Small Press Review" beginning in 1993. He was a participant in international mail art since 1985. His work was represented in a number of museums and archives devoted to concrete and visual poetry. Considerations of his work have appeared in "Meat Epoch", "Factsheet Five", "Taproot Reviews" and elsewhere.