And if it's a poet that you want to be, to what extent can the writing of poetry be considered respectable work?"

如果你想要成为一位诗人，写诗到底是什么,体面地工作呢？“

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It's as if Milton is saying, "Look at me. I may be a poet. I may actually -I'm simply writing a pastoral poem, but I'm actually doing something in the world.

正如弥尔顿所说的，“看着我，我或许是一名诗人“,或许只是写着一首诗，但我的确在做着一些事。

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In the eighteenth century, a poet named Mark Akenside wrote a long poem called The Pleasures of the Imagination, and in this poem there is the line "The great creator raised his plastic arm."

在十八世纪，一位名叫马克？阿肯赛德的诗人写了一首长诗,叫《想象的快乐》,诗中有一句是,伟大的造物主举起了他的plastic的手臂“

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