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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They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.

他们需要学习诗歌。他们不需要学习诗歌。他们不需要被告知如何解读诗歌。他们不需要被告知如何理解诗歌。他们需要学习。

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.

诗歌是一种普遍的语言,它使人的心灵与自然和自身融为一体。一个轻视诗歌的人,不可能对自己或其他任何东西有太多的尊重。