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margaret_j_c's review against another edition
1.0
i hope i never come across this poem again as long as i live so help me God
bartlebybleaney's review against another edition
3.0
Embarrassingly backwards in some of its assumptions, yes, but Patmore's vision of love is nevertheless worth experiencing for what he does get right. More than passable verse, with only a forgivable metrical misstep here and there. This piece is demonized today by those who haven't read it, but who really cares about that sort of critic?
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