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I think if you look at Scottish poetry you get the answer to this question. Sally Evans http://www.desktopsallye.com http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk http://www.brokenholmes.co.uk tel UK 01877 339449 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Side" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:30 AM Subject: "Has British Poetry had any significance since Wordsworth?" > New blog post: > > > "Has British Poetry had any significance since Wordsworth?" > > This may seem an outlandish question, but I think it has some force behind > it. Of course, the influence of Wordsworth on contemporary British > mainstream poetry need hardly be stressed, and I have written extensively > about this elsewhere. It is because of this influence that most of the > celebrated British poetry of the Twentieth Century tended towards > mediocrity when compared to American poetry of the same period..... > > > http://jeffrey-side.blogspot.com/ >