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Auden is an accomplished rhymer and Shakespeare is not.

Peter Porter

Auden is an accomplished rhymer and Shakespeare is not.

Tags: auden, poetry, rhyme, shakespeare

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About Peter Porter

Peter Porter may refer to:

Peter Buell Porter (1773–1844), U.S. political figure and soldier
Peter A. Porter (colonel) (1827–1864), his son, Union Army colonel
Peter A. Porter (1853–1925), U.S. political figure and grandson of Peter Buell Porter
Peter Porter (poet) (1929–2010), Australian-born British poet
Peter B. Porter Jr. (1806–1871), American lawyer and politician, nephew of Peter Buell Porter