NPPF: Shade's Poem

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chtodel at cox.net writes:

>>>All that said, this section of Shade's poem, juxtaposing his ablutions
with  his poetic pretensions and methods, is a prime example of the
poet's self-indulgent banality, and thus of Nabokov's satiric intent,<<<

Surely this is nonsense!  It is a prime example of the poet's self-irony,
as Nabokov imagines Shade.

Anthony Stadlen
 STADLEN at AOL.COM