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Who is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse and what is their importance?

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A classical German poet of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. While Hollander is primarily interested in verse written in English, he notes that German shares some of English's speech patterns and he uses Goethe as an example.