Re: Poetry
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:45:24 -0100
My dear Miss Howard,
Or Mr Howard? I think I've heard of males with the Christian name Shelley,
but have know only females.
The answer to your question is simple: Shakespeare. If you exclude the
Bard, on the grounds that we should think of him first as a playwright,
second as a poet, the answer is that Wordsworth and Tennyson battle for the
Inimitable's garland of laurel.
I delight in your having been named after a poet. I named most of my sons
after writers I admire. Your father and mother are clearly wise and amiable
parents.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>Dear Sir,
>
>I would like to ask you a question. Who is your favourite poet? I was named
>after a poet.
>
>Yours Faithfully,
>
>Shelley Howard
>
>
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Charles Dickens
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