John, glad we managed to raise the DA standard high and well done, indeed, to you. Thought yours was by far the most fun, and they even preserved your stanza breaks.
Only the second time I've entered a
Spectator comp. The first was in 1972 and I got £3 for a slightly wonky ballade, now matured over the intervening years into something considerably better IMHO.
Hmm, I wonder what Jane Austen would make of the
Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley shown on TV the other night?
'It is a truth universally acknowledged that adaptors of novels must be in want of sense and sensibility . . .'
Happy new decade to all Spherites!
