Many varieties of sonnet, of course, have been written over the ages.

Poets these days, like artists and composers, have won for themselves almost unlimited freedom. You can pass yourself off as a painter without being able to draw, as a composer without being conscious of key relationships, and as a poet without making yourself familiar with traditional verse forms.

Have you ever heard of a pianist who never had to practice - or of an architect who didn't bother to find out why buildings stand up?

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