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... poetry , and lyric poetry most of all , is a kind of family joke , with little or no value outside its own language - group . Except for Shakespeare , the best English poets are barely known in Europe , even as names 29 ENGLAND YOUR ...
... poetry , and lyric poetry most of all , is a kind of family joke , with little or no value outside its own language - group . Except for Shakespeare , the best English poets are barely known in Europe , even as names 29 ENGLAND YOUR ...
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