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Time Enough for Love · 1973
A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Reading poetry aloud is placed in the category of a nasty habit before the sentence even reaches its conclusion. The suggestion of other habits extends that insult beyond the performance. Its humour depends on delivering a sweeping dislike as though it were a cautious personal assessment.
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