I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry.

  • -- Peter Davison 彼得·戴维森

我认为诗歌已经失去了很多力量,因为没有人知道。没有人需要背诵诗歌。

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Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job.

诗歌要求人们要有价值观,形成观点,除了赚钱和工作上的成功,还要关心其他的一些经验。

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

如果艺术中固有的困难能给人以灵感,那么人就是诗人;如果他们剥夺了他的思想,他就不是诗人。