Jon writes:
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I believe it was in connection with Shelley that she [Edith Sitwell]
remarked that that a mark of poetic genius is vowel technique which, unlike
the
use of consonants, cannot be learned.
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He was off-form when he wrote "Hail to thee, Blithe Spirit, Bird thou never
wert", though, wasn't he? Anyone heard Joyce Grenfell do it in a New York
accent, Boid thou never woit?
Best wishes
Matthew
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