Some notes on organic form with node and internode:
ARTICULATION:
noun
1.
an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
2.
Phonetics .
a.
the act or process of articulating speech.
b.
the adjustments and movements of speech organs involved in pronouncing a particular sound, taken as a whole.
c.
any one of these adjustments and movements.
d.
any speech sound, especially a consonant.
3.
the act of jointing.
4.
a jointed state or formation; a joint.
5.
Botany .
a.
a joint or place between two parts where separation may take place spontaneously, as at the point of attachment of a leaf.
b.
a node in a stem, or the space between two nodes.
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Q. If poetry is the act or process of form, thought, and sound, does the botanical idea of node and space between new nodes apply to stanzaic form?
A. It does to me. Stanzaic structure ought to be organic, but how? It depends on the organism...
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