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Lascelles Abercrombie

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.

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Lascelles Abercrombie is saying that poetry comes from the unique thoughts and feelings of a single poet, rather than from a whole group or culture. He emphasizes that artistic creation is always the result of an individual's personal mind, not a collective effort.

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