The beginning of the poem he praised with great generosity; he even found the idea original and effective.
在开头,他对诗赞不绝口;他甚至觉得诗的主题新颖且令人印象深刻。
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It is also one of the longest poems in the English language, the origin of Spenserian stanza, and the old cliché ‘roses are red, violets are blue’ is found in its earliest form in this poem.