It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip.

  • -- Eugenio Montale 蒙塔莱

诗性语言对散文语言的影响可以看作是一种决定性的鞭策。

相关名言

There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.

甚至在散文中也有诗歌,在所有伟大的散文中,不仅仅是功利主义的或说教的,也有诗人用散文写作,或至少用或多或少明显的散文;数以百万计的诗人写的诗与诗歌无关。

Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion.

今天,即使是一场宇宙之火也不能使我们这个时代汹涌澎湃的诗歌创作消失。但这恰恰是生产的问题,也就是说,手工制作的产品必须符合品味和时尚的规律。

Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

有时我知道一个词的意思,但我已经厌倦了它,觉得需要一个不熟悉的,特别精确或诗意的词,也许一个细微的差别,以迎合我的读者细腻的敏感性。

The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.

散文的语言和电影的语言非常不同,所以电影必须成功地翻译书中的内容。

Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose.

今天的许多诗歌都是散文和拙劣的散文。

Language is memory and metaphor.

语言是记忆和隐喻。