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Robert Morgan

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.

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Robert Morgan is saying that through teaching, he developed the ability to act like someone who discusses poetry confidently. This suggests that his experience in teaching shaped how he presents himself when talking about poetry, even if it’s not naturally his style.

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