Do you not see now why I have been inveighing against the sonnet all these years? And why it has been so violently defended? Because it is a form which does not admit of the slightest structural change in its composition. -- WCW, The Poem as a Field of Action At 05:45 AM 2/4/03, Davis, Alex wrote: >Can anyone direct me to the essay in which Williams discusses the >non-viability of the sonnet for the modern poet? > Apologies for this being posted to the EP list, but I'm at my wits >end looking for this reference! > Cheers, > Alex Davis