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The author reflects on poems he has delivered at dinner parties. He notes that the classic poem "Ozymandias," has such a bad line that almost nobody at a dinner party notices its absence. He says that the longest poem he has delivered was "Prufrock," which he says plays wonderfully. He also notes that the most audacious tampering he has made was a poem with William Shakespeare.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to an article by Jerry White, which translated French passages.