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Frost Isn’t Exactly Despised But Not Enough People Have Worked Out What A Brilliant Poet He Was.

Words Want To Find Chimes With Each Other, Things Want To Connect.

I Believe That These Devices Like Repetition And Rhyme Are Not Artificial, That They're Not Imposed, Somehow, On The Language.

On The Other Hand, At Some Level The Mass Of Unresolved Issues In Northern Ireland Does Influence The Fact That There Are So Many Good Writers In The Place.

Your Average Pop Song Or Film Is A Very Sophisticated Item, With Very Sophisticated Ways Of Listening And Viewing That We Have Not Really Consciously Developed Over The Years - Because We Were Having Such A Good Time