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Noun
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The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026 -
Scholars have debated the reason for the discrepancy; some scholars note that the Psalms are poetic and have their own internal logic, and others contend that the textual tradition’s list of plagues was initially fluid.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After all, no poet talks seriously about doing statistical regression on sonnets to find the optimal ones.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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Recently reissued by original label Rough Trade Records, Songs to Remember epitomizes the group’s attempt to reconcile an art-school background, 1977-era punk ethics, and an obsession with chart pop into a musical statement as stately and cohesive as a book of sonnets.—
Alfred Soto,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2026
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On the night, Eva had largely chosen poems by 20th-century American writers — everything from Lucille Clifton to Philip Levine — in response to Kaufman’s work.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Matsumoto worked with collaborators to translate the book of tanka poems so everyone in her family could read them.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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