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    Florida Baroque

    Jun 03, 2024 2 minutes

    n her new book of poetry criticism, Ange Mlinko identifies two contrasting lyric styles: the plain and the ornate, or the Temperate and the Tropical. The poets Mlinko treats in that book, all captivated by Florida, are representatives of the Tropical. Wallace Stevens and James Merrill are two examples. Their poetry is abundant and

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