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With this new form- the \"\"enclosed\"\" or \"\"embedded\"\" or \"\"inlaid\"\" poem- Chappell broadens the expressive possibilities of formal poetry, intrigues the imagination in an entirely new way, and offers surprise and revelation in sudden flashes. 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