Written more than fifty years ago but unfortunately still topical
Nice! I love the form — Edna St. Vincent and Sylvia Plath come to mind as fine practicioners, so perhaps I've a distaff literary taste.
I would have said that the most famous modern example was "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas. There is also one by Pound that I remember from a collection offered as an example of the form.
Naturally.
Pound was such a great technician. Shame about his madness.
Nice! I love the form — Edna St. Vincent and Sylvia Plath come to mind as fine practicioners, so perhaps I've a distaff literary taste.
I would have said that the most famous modern example was "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas. There is also one by Pound that I remember from a collection offered as an example of the form.
Naturally.
Pound was such a great technician. Shame about his madness.