POETRY ROUND THE BEND
Sir,-" ‘With large, divine, and comfortable words.’ That’s Tennyson for you, using three adjectives, two of which won’t stand scrutiny." So writes Denis Glover. All right. "And sitting on the grass partook the fragrant beverage drawn from China’s herb." That’s Wordsworth for you, using 13 words when,: as Tennyson commented, he
might have done with seven: "And sitting on the grass had tea." Let us tie "Ulysses" and "Tintern Abbey" together and drop them into Cook Strait, with appropriate incantations by one of our muscle-bound poets. However, it would not be Denis Glover, and I hope this little protest, will not stop him going on round the bend. ; ;
A.
M.
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 721, 8 May 1953, Page 5
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115POETRY ROUND THE BEND New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 721, 8 May 1953, Page 5
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