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Contemporary Canadian Poets Revert to Traditional Forms
Toronto writer Barbara Gray reviews three new books of poetry that harken back to traditional forms: Toronto poet laureate George Elliott Clarke’s Illicit Sonnets is loosely modeled on Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, her celebrated series of uber-romantic poems addressed to fellow poet (and eventual husband) Robert Browning. However, Clarke’s sensibilities are far from those of…
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