Why do you suppose the DG is American?
Wait, I see a reason. The comma is inside the quotation mark.
I like the sonnet very much but I'm with the anti-alas crowd. It's not just that the word is anachronistic, but that the interjected sentiment is unnecessary and intrusive. I don't need an interjection to remind me that a failed marriage is generally a bad thing, so "alas" does nothing but fill a beat.
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