and this week's poem, "Sir Patrick Spens", is no exception. The variant I'm posting here is the one most often anthologised, and no wonder. It's an excellent distillation, combining minimal exposition with swift, exact reportage. However, the other versions are often lively and well worth comparing. In some of these you'll find mermaids, rows about "expenses" and even bolts of silk being used to stuff the holes in the side of Sir Patrick's unfortunate ship.from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: Sir Patrick Spens
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