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Quote by Humphrey Jennings
The great big public thinks of poetry, particularly modern poetry, as something highbrow.
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The quote says that many ordinary readers see poetry—especially modern poetry—as intellectually elevated or difficult to approach. “Highbrow” suggests something associated with educated specialists rather than everyday reading. The wording describes a public impression, not a claim that modern poetry truly is inaccessible.
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- Humphrey Jennings and British (Routledge preview, citing Jennings’s “The Modern Poet and the Public”)
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