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Aug 22 “or wring their barriers in bursts of fear or rage”

Posted on August 22, 2014 by poetry

Friday  August 22 – G M Hopkins, sj  1844-1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins, sj,  a radical innovator among 19th century poets, chose Anglo-Saxon over Latinate English vocabulary and invented “Sprung Rhythm” to replace  classical traditions of rhyme and rhythm  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprung_rhythm).  Anglo-Saxon … Continue reading →

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