There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.

  • -- John Updike 约翰·厄普代克

在一首诗中有一个结晶,年轻人可以做到,但中年人做不到。

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If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.

如果我能重新开始我的生活,我会定个规矩,每周至少读一次诗,听一次音乐。

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

简而言之,我把词的诗意定义为美的有节奏的创造。