hiː ɹˈoʊt ðæt pˈɪŋkni wʊdhɐv bˌɪn bˈɛɾɚɹ ɐpɹˈiːʃɪˌeɪɾᵻd æz ɐ pˈoʊɪt ɪf hiː hɐdbɪn bˈɔːɹn ɪn nˈuː ˈɪŋɡlənd:
He wrote that Pinkney would have been better appreciated as a poet if he had been born in New England: