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Scanty Plot of Ground: A Book of Sonnets
By Paul Muldoon
Hardcover
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By Paul Muldoon
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An essential anthology of beloved classics, hidden treasures and standout contemporary examples of this ever-vital and enthralling verse form.
In the introduction to his selection of some of the greatest sonnets ever written, Paul Muldoon reminds us that part of the reason for the "durability" of the sonnet is its "very specific duration." It is the perfect length for what Dante Gabriel Rossetti described as "a moment’s monument" or William Wordsworth as a "scanty plot of ground" offering "b...