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Poet laureate’s tip, I say: “Mostly pen modern music” (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

ezra pound

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'poet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'laureate's tip i say mostly pen modern music' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'i' could be 'a' and 'a' is present in the answer.
'pen' could be 'pound' (both can mean an animal enclosure) and 'pound' is found in the answer.
'music' could be 'e' and 'e' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for ezra pound that I've seen is " American poet".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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