Monday 18 June 2012

W.H.Auden - Letter to Lord Byron

How long does a poem have to be before it can be labelled "epic"?  I don't know.  This is long, though.  

My favourite part of this epic / long poem is: 

"I’m writing this in pencil on my knee,
    Using my other hand to stop me yawning,
Upon a primitive, unsheltered quay
    In the small hours of a Wednesday morning... " 

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