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C o mpetition

And there you sat, scribbling and crossing

No. 1233: Improving the Bard

Set by Jaspistos: "Shall I compare a sum- mer's day to you ... ?" Even Shakespeare must sometimes have got it wrong but he didn't have the Poetry Society Critical Ser- vice to help him get it right.' So read a re- cent advertisement. You are invited to rewrite the sonnet without the benefit of the Service. Entries to 'Competition No. 1233' by 10 September.