pylon poet

noun

Any of a group of British poets of the 1930s who wrote about new technological developments.

Meanings

nounpylon poet (plural pylon poets)

plural pylon poets

  1. historicalin pluralliteratureAny of a group of British poets of the 1930s who wrote about new technological developments.

Origin

After Stephen Spender's poem The Pylons.

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