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Welkins2139 Posted 20 years ago
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a hell of a note

Some poets must think it is a hell of a note that it takes a Pulitzer just to get their work read.

What does it mean " a hell of a note " ?

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a **** of a=remarkable (slangy) thus Some poets probably think this is a remarkable reputation (to have) that one's poetry is so sophisticated or difficult that obtaining a Pulitzer prize is necessary to make readers curious enough to start reading one's works. book=Third&va=eminence <other animal stories of note -- Ellen L. Buell> <a figure of almost international note -- John Buchan> -------

  • a **** of a=remarkable (slangy) thus Some poets probably think this is a remarkable reputation (to have) that one's poetry is so sophisticated or difficult that obtaining a Pulitzer prize is necessary to make readers curious enough to start reading one's works.
  • book=Third&va=eminence <other animal stories of note -- Ellen L.
  • Buell> <a figure of almost international note -- John Buchan> -------
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a **** of a=remarkable (slangy)
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Some poets probably think this is a remarkable reputation (to have) that one's poetry is so sophisticated or difficult that obtaining a Pulitzer prize is necessary to make readers curious enough to start reading one's works.

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