“Poetry's the speech of kings. You're one of thoseShakespeare gives the comic bits to: prose!All poetry (even Cockney Keats?) you see's been dubbed by [Us] into RP,Received Pronunciation, please believe [Us]your speech is in the hands of the Receivers.”
Tony Harrison
Permanently Bard: Selected Poetry
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