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Absolutely, he deserves a lot of respect and study. I find him to be one of the funniest poets ever. The unedited version of "An Anagram" [0] is one of the grea
by jboggan 4y ago
Absolutely, he deserves a lot of respect and study. I find him to be one of the funniest poets ever. The unedited version of "An Anagram" [0] is one of the greatest and silliest put-downs recorded in English.
0 - http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?18947-Elegy-II-The-Anagram-by-John-Donne http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?18947... (two of the last four lines are removed in many online versions)
- hprotagonist 4y agohah! “erm, i have never read such an utterly awful analysis of a poem.“ I am slightly reminded of Franklin’s “Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress”, but more skillfully done. Or harry belafonte, for that matter …