Who compared John Ashbery to T. S. Eliot?
Stephanie Burt, Harvard professor of English
John Green
David Foster Wallace
Robert Frost
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Stephanie Burt, a Harvard professor of English, has compared John Ashbery to T. S. Eliot. Burt notes that both poets are masters of allusion, metaphor, and irony, and that their work is often difficult to understand at first reading. However, she argues that both poets are also capable of producing beautiful and moving poetry that can touch the reader on a deep level.
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