What is peculiar about the reference in the following to some poets' names in the plural?
"It is a freezing, bleak day in January, and I am looking for poetry. I see a few Chaucers, a few Shakespeares, and a hardcover, three-dollar History of Modern Poetry published in 1987."
1
Unusual; awkward metaphors no longer in use.
2
Synecdochic use; names for their respective works.
3
Standard reference to more texts of one poet/author.
4
Usually refer to biographies of the poets in question.