Friday, January 3, 2003

Sonnet Vi: How Many Paltry Things Comments

Rating: ★2.8

How many paltry, foolish, painted things,
That now is coaches trouble every street,
Shall be forgotten, whom no Poet sings,
Ere they be well wrapt in their winding-sheet.
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Michael Drayton
forgotten Sex
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Dan Reynolds 15 March 2023

Lines 10 and 12 have one beat too many, perhaps a wee tweak to maintain form, difficult when 'story' and 'glory' have the emphasis on the first half.

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Chinedu Dike 30 June 2022

Nicely crafted in verse with rhythmic splendour

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jim hogg 30 June 2022

Typo in line 2. The 'is' should be 'in'.

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Michael Drayton

Michael Drayton

Warwickshire / England
Michael Drayton
Michael Drayton
Warwickshire / England
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