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It is not just shameful for a contemporary American poet to use rhymes, it is unthinkable. It seems banal to him; he fears banality worse than anything, and therefore, he uses free verse - though free verse is no guarantee against banality.
Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky
Born: May 24, 1940
Died: Jan 28, 1996

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