2 DECEMBER 1989, Page 68

No. 1605: Classical corner

Alcaics and sapphics, two popular metres among Greek and Roman poets (see any good dictionary for definitions), have often been used by poets writing in English. You are invited to provide a poem of 12 or 16 lines in either metre, entitled 'December'. Entries to 'Competition No. 1605' by 14 December.