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Genius Annotation

Metaphysical poet John Donne wrote the first “Holy Sonnets” (19 of them). This sonnet dispenses largely with the rhyme structure of conventional sonnets, but does maintain other aspects: love as topic, 14 lines, closing couplet.

“Holy Sonnet” appears in Yakich’s fourth book of poetry, The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine.

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