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Poet and criti c M .
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connecti on between poeti c sources and everyday
experi ence in hi s latest book. Probing the root s
of poetry in the common speech, awareness and
Poetry
and the
Common
Life
sensibility that poets
share with other men and
women, he " ri ses fa r
above dogmati sm."
observes
The Kirkus
Reviews, " to a rare bal–
ance of keen penetrati on
and ingenuous recep–
tiveness."
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