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Riots, Crowds... Poetry?
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08-12-2011, 01:22 AM
Ann Drysdale
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An obvious candidate is Shelley's
The Masque of Anarchy
. I won't post it because there are over 90 verses, but it was based on the Peterloo Riots and banned for thirty years. It's easy to find and worth a squinny in the current context.
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