Word: sonatinc
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Advocate poetry needs to be read, not criticized. But I do think that worthy of note is Harry Brown's return in a very comprehensible poem, all of which may be due to the "New Yorker" influence. William Abrahams lacks it. His "Laughing Sonatinc" has a superb feel for rhythm, and I really like it without trying to pin it down to actual meaning. But how can one reconcile "The daft witch tittered a tattered prophecy" with a poem about Marguerite Lewis? I don't know her, but certainly should like to now. I. A. Richards has a career...
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