Question

For an obscure poet to have penned such a refined, poignant sonnet is not at all ____________. The sonnet, after all, has been a favored form for hundreds of years amongst the amateur and lionized alike. I would be ____________, on the other hand, had not one, out of the sheer number produced during this time, surpassed shakespeare on a bad day.

Answer 1

I have three answers for each

1.First blank

rare

puzzling

conceivable

2. Second blank

confounded

vindicated

hard pressed