Poem of the week: The Apology by Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Finch defends her daring to practise the male profession of poetry using heroic couplets and subversive jokes
The Apology
’Tis true, I write; and tell me by what rule
I am alone forbid to play the foo…