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Robert Morgan

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end.

Robert Morgan

Poetry

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Robert Morgan is saying that the Language Poets focus solely on exploring how language works, while the Ashbery poets concentrate only on the nature of poetry. He believes this narrow focus limits their work and prevents it from reaching broader or more meaningful ideas.

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