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Comparative Insight Combined

A poem like
*It Would Be Wrong*
requires true
perspective insight.

It is not
to everyone’s taste
John Oconnell
reads it well

rates with true
individualistic
insight compares
with H. W. Auden

‘i dont know
what your religion
or absence thereof is
but this is good social

conscience.

rhythm and form good.

in spirit could be Auden.

john’

High praise indeed
‘unsurpassed technical virtuosity
and an ability to write poems
in nearly every imaginable verse form;

the incorporation in his work
of popular culture, current events,
and vernacular speech; and also
for the vast range of his intellect,

which drew easily from an extraordinary
variety of literatures, art forms,
social and political theories,
and scientific and technical information.’

i too have read Auden
my *Quest* poem
is considerably longer
than his lighter versions

complex explano... part given
recognition is required

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