I would not attempt to write poetry in any of the languages I have studied (French, Anglo-Saxon, and Latin), though I can remember writing a bit of French poetry in high school. But I did not receive very good or extensive instruction in the languages and have never spent much time in French-speaking countries, so I don't feel fluent in any of the languages. It was once part of regular instruction for people learning Latin to be taught how to write poetry in it. I am translating Latin poems by Sir Thomas More, for instance, and many of them were translated by him from the Greek Anthology.
Susan
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