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   In rec.arts.books.tolkien the softrat  wrote:   
   > The only post-Chaucerian   
   > English of which there is a record of Tolkien reading is Spenser,   
   > Shakespeare, Milton, and 20th century science fiction/fantasy, and   
   > apparently he didn't like the Shakespeare or the Milton.   
      
        He professed an admiration of Auden's poetry, though it's   
   hard (for me) to tell whether this was just out of politeness   
   due to Auden's effusive praise of LOTR.   
      
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