Which of the following describes Byron's 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers'?
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Correct answer: A fierce satirical attack on his literary critics and contemporaries
After his first volume 'Hours of Idleness' was panned by the Edinburgh Review, Byron responded with this satire. In it, he attacked almost every major poet of his day, though he later regretted some of the insults.
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