And sometimes the prestige associated with the form or, as I think in
Hal's case, an ironic use of same.
Mark
At 10:14 AM 9/18/2006, you wrote:
>A bit of a joke, Kasper, but I apologize.
>
>The thing is, since the middle of the 20th century, the term sonnet
>has opened up a lot, as such practitioners of that more open form
>as, to name just two, Lowell & New Zealand poet, James K Baxter,
>demonstrate. It seems that all they finally want to keep is the
>fourteen lines, &, perhaps, an inner turn...
>
>Doug
>On 17-Sep-06, at 4:16 PM, Kasper wrote:
>
>>Douglas, I'm not sure my question warranted as curt a reply as yours.
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