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I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.
Mark Strand
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About Mark Strand

Mark Strand was a Poet from United States (1934–2014).

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Mark Strand lived from 1934 – 2014.