Thanks for the interesting links on Paul Muldoon and Robert Duncan. Iīll take a better look at the Dissertation and also post the link in another forum, where there are fans of Paul Muldoon.
As for Robert Duncan, a unusual life story indeed: "The Symmeses had begun planning for the child's arrival long prior to his adoption. There were terms for his adoption that had to be met: he had to be born at the time and place appointed by the astrologers, his mother was to die shortly after giving birth, and he was to be of Anglo-Saxon Protestant descent."
GERT- This is somewhat familiar. Has ee cummings been writing nonsensical poems by any chance?
"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan". The Riddle Of The World by Alexander Pope
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...the-world-1679