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Unread 11-17-2009, 12:19 AM
Philip Quinlan Philip Quinlan is offline
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Originally Posted by Andrew Frisardi View Post
Philip,
Merwin comes from a much more privileged background than Wright, and Wright went to Kenyon College not Princeton. All those down and out in the Midwest poems by Wright wouldn’t have been possible by Merwin. Wright really did know down and out.
Andrew
I stand corrected Andrew. I got that Princeton thing second hand (poor research). There is a definite affinty in the poetry though.

Back to Rose - my current top of the shop favourite is Love Sonnet. Brilliant wordplay that just seems to make total sense (although it doesn't) and sounds perfect. That's a hard trick to pull off.

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