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A recusatio is a poem (or part thereof) in which the poet says he is supposedly unable or disinclined to write the type of poem which he originally intended to, and instead writes in a different style.

The recusatio is something of a topos in ancient and Renaissance literature.[1] Its use has often been interpreted as a persona deliberately adopted by the poet, allowing him to assert himself in the guise of ironic self-deprecation or feigned humility.[2]

  1. ^ P Cheney, Marlowe’s Counterfeit Profession (London 1997) p. 278
  2. ^ G D Williams, Banished Voices (Cambridge 1994) p. 33

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