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EDITED AT CAMBRIDGE BY B. RAJAN

TRINITY COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE.

13 February 1947.

Dear Mr Williams:

I am planning to publish a symposium on American poetry in the issue of *Focus* now in progress. The enclosed questionnaire is being sent out that it may help to bring out the salient points, if any, between modern English and American poetry. So combat the tendency here to judge American poetry by its approximation to prevailing English. I hope you can find the time to answer theire or at least the first two questions; the answers would be very helpful to us and we should be useful for it. I think too, that because of all one to develop a characteristic American poetic answers would have a special interest and I hope I may look forward to your reply. You further particulars of *Focus* in the accompany-