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Unread 03-15-2003, 08:56 PM
Terese Coe Terese Coe is offline
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Sound, rhythms, pacing: all magnificent, masterly.

"Devoid of bird" is too odd for this. The action verbs and assonances of L1-7 pause and then soar into the musical linchpin of L8. The final line is not persuasive, especially after the penultimate, and seems wrong somehow, at least a little.




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