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T/K : The passion of John Donne.(profile of English poet)(Critical Essay)

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From: World and I
Date: 20030601
Author:MORROW, LAURIE

Laurie Morrow is the host of the talk radio show True North with Laurie Morrow, heard on WDEV 550 AM and 96.1 FM, Burlington, Vermont. A former English professor, she is the president of the Vermont Association of Scholars.

Bad poets don't intend to write bad poetry. Too often, imagination, the stuff of poetry, betrays them. They build flowery castles in the air, with no foundation other than a rhyming dictionary and the yearning to convey their profound feelings to others. Although their impulses may be admirable, their efforts often are not, for it takes more than ...

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