This was not really my life, but I could go with it and enjoy it - with one major exception. The Marie Antoinette reference in S1 really bothers me. Unless I'm missing something (which happens more often than I like to admit) it has nothing to do with "largely agricultural" life described in the poem, and "Antoinette/ten" is pushing it (particularly in the first stanza) as an irregular rhyme. Off with her head! Find a replacement for "Marie Antoinette" and I'd like the poem lot more.
Last edited by Michael Cantor; 03-20-2024 at 05:17 PM.
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