Why Is English Better for Poetry Than the Romance Languages?

Big Think 2018-06-06

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France, Italy, and Spain have their painters; Germany and Italy have their composers; but few countries can challenge England and America when it comes to poets. Trilingual poet Jorie Graham ventures an opinion as to why.
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