THE ROYAL ODE
Sir,-The prize-winner of the Royal Ode Competition is to be congratulated on a very fine piece of work, as a poem, but it should be pointed out .that her poem does not fulfil the chief condition in the competition. It called for a poem expressing homage to the Crown, presumably the homage of New Zealand to the Empire, and this condition imposed a restriction on choice of subject matter and set a limit to. originality of treatment. The winning poem, in my opinion and in the opinion of many others, does not attempt to meet the conditions imposed, and those competitors who observed the rules, even though they admire the poem, may be excused for feeling surprised at the decision of the jiudges in the circume
stances.
ALSO PERPLEXED
(Auckland),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 521, 17 June 1949, Page 5
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133THE ROYAL ODE New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 521, 17 June 1949, Page 5
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