Alfred001 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I was listening to a podcast and the hosts, who are magazine editors, mentioned a headline they had a disagreement over. The article was about poets laureates being removed from their post and the headline was "unacknowledged legislators impeached." When one of the hosts mentioned the headline, someone went ah, in a "that was clever" way, but I'm apparently not, because I don't get it. Where's the cleverness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." is a quote from Percy Shelley (a poet, an apparently politically active one), so "unacknowledged legislator" is a poetry reference to poets, and impeachment is part of the removal from office, which is what you say the article was about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred001 Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 Ah, I see, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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