Moore invented a poetry of syllabic form and zoological precision. Her poems about animals (the jerboa, the pangolin, the frigate pelican) are actually about accuracy, courage, and how to look at anything. Her famous opening to "Poetry" ("I, too, dislike it") is the funniest self-subversive move in American poetry. She influenced Elizabeth Bishop most directly, and Bishop's influence is everywhere.

The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.