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Zany banana 409 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

'Not long in supplanting in...' means

Written in the couplet form, the verse (Byron's metrical tales) is founded on that of the metrical tales of Scott, whom "Byron was not long in supplanting in popular favour" , although the masculine action of Scott's poems is lacking from his work.

Source: 'A History of English Literature' by Edward Albert- chapter: The Return to Nature.

Could you please explain to me the meaning of the quoted part?

Thanks in advance!!

  

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e. to become a more popular poet/writer.

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  • to become a more popular poet/writer.
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It did not take long for Byron to supplant Scott in popular favour, i.e. to become a more popular poet/writer.

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Byron quickly became more popular than Scott.

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