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lyudmila [28]
4 years ago
6

Can someone paraphrase lines 1-16 in Billy Collins poem "The Trouble with Poetry". Thanks

English
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zubka84 [21]4 years ago
8 0
<span>While walking on the beach the author realized what is wrong with poetry. Collins begins to explain that one poet wrote a poem and people liked it so it made even more people become poets. Now EVERYONE thinks they are poets. He goes on to say that it will end when people realize that poets do not write anything of actual substance. Eventually the rise of poets will die down and they will hold their heads down low.</span>
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