Social Commentaries
He Meditates on the Critic
From Heart Songs (1897)
Social Commentaries
“Criticism is a tonic,
Very healthy in effect,”
Wrote he, and my verse Byronic
Did most ruthlessly reject.
He’s a villain--deep--politic--
Bitter things these tonics, all,
Manufactured by the critic
From his mighty store of gall.
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MLA
Blewett, Jean. “He Meditates on the Critic.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blewett/73/.
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Blewett, Jean. “He Meditates on the Critic.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blewett/73/.
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