I'm sure I've read and loved the poem dozens of times, but I never realized it was a sonnet until I watched this. I sort of thought of it as exquisitely crafted free verse. The sonic interplay of so many words and phrases is awesome. All those "k" sounds and "ank" sounds, etc. But what struck me about the video most of all was that Biden was the one reading and talking intelligently and thoughfully about the poem. His interest in poetry turns out not to be simply quoting stray lines to pretty up political speeches, but seems to be genuine. I know that this doesn't mean he'll be a good president necessarily, but I do take it as a good sign that he's an actual human being instead of the devil he's replacing.
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