David Mitchell

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Saturday, November 5, 2005

Response To A Criticism By Michael Shepherd Who Suggested I Should Have Written 'It's' Instead Of ''Tis' Comments

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I always thought that poetry ought
To transcend bounds of time:
I realize I archaize —
I sometimes even rhyme.
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Michael Shepherd 05 November 2005

This verse - or worse - is very witty! You know your own mind, David - pity! What you do is of no concern to me. But as one who has been accused on this site of archaizing, rhyming, altering the word order etc., ('Not used in American poetry this 60 years' etc) it was a suggestion for the majority of the readers on this site who are of the 12-25 age group... I won't trouble you again, you cheeky young hound... Oh by the way, you're hugely talented. 'Tis pity, but 'tis true...

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David Mitchell 05 November 2005

Sally Clarke's poetry is very good. Mark Jarman's may or may not be; I have not read it, but I wanted a rhyme for 'Clarke'.

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