He goes in a sense in an anti-modern direction, maybe even in some sense in a reactionary direction, at least in relation to other poets' ideas of progress and innovation.

他某种意义上走入了反现代化的方向，甚至某种意义上走入了反动的方向，但至少和其他诗人关于,进步和创新的想法有关系。

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They grieved for a time when leadership was defined by a single-minded, straightforward sense of purpose and direction.

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What's missing due to this approach is the sense of an alternative government, of spelling out a different direction for the country that a Tory-led administration would take.

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This is obviously a more sci-fi direction, but would again retain the sense of illusionary realism to keep it from seeming too outlandish.

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