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Smith's sonnets were highly regarded during her lifetime. [2]: 39 [3] The journalist John Thelwall called Smith "the undisputed English master of the genre." [2]: 18 The combination of the book's well-crafted poetry and its vivid emotional impact made Elegiac Sonnets one of the most well-respected and popular books of the century.
This sets the sonnet apart from Smith's later River Arun poems, which "[see] the poet-historian as a preservationist with special power." [ 5 ] Instead, "To the South Downs" (alongside "Written at the Close of Early Spring" and "To Spring" in the first edition of Elegiac Sonnets ) is a classically Romantic poem, "specifically because those ...
C.W. Smith. C. W. Smith (full name Charles William Smith) was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and grew up in Hobbs, New Mexico.He received a B.A. in English from the University of North Texas in 1964 and an M.A. in English from Northern Illinois University in 1967.
Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still of value.
Poems on Various Subjects (1796) was the first collection by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, including also a few sonnets by Charles Lamb. A second edition in 1797 added many more poems by Lamb and by Charles Lloyd , and a third edition appeared in 1803 with Coleridge's works only.
Poetry: Publisher: Norton & Company: Publication date. ... Early Work is a poetry collection by Patti Smith, published in 1994. [1] Contents. 1970–1972 "Prayer"
Smith in 1596 published a collection of sonnets, entitled Chloris, or the Complaint of the passionate despised Shepheard, printed by Edmund Bollifant, 1596.The volume opens with two sonnets, inscribed "To the most excellent and learned shepheard, Collin Cloute" (i.e. Spenser), and signed "W. Smith"; in a third sonnet addressed to Spenser at the close of the book Smith calls Spenser his patron.
Horace (born Horatio) Smith (31 December 1779 – 12 July 1849) was an English poet and novelist. In 1818, he participated in a sonnet -writing competition with Percy Bysshe Shelley . It was of Smith that Shelley said: "Is it not odd that the only truly generous person I ever knew who had money enough to be generous with should be a stockbroker?