“More than one critic has commented upon Morrissey’s formal sophistication and, in her talk, she alluded to this with admirable sang-froid,” says Tess Maginess. “‘Vanity Fair’ is a wonderful example of how Morrissey re-invents Classical metres such as the Alexandrine (the long iambic six-foot line) for a contemporary ear, eschewing full rhyme and adopting a sonorous and sometimes ironic half rhyme reminiscent of Muldoon and Heaney in quite different ways, for she shares Muldoon’s wit and Heaney’s sensory grip on concrete particulars.” Last week Morrissey was named the first poet laureate of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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