To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

  • -- Walt Whitman 沃尔特惠特曼

要有伟大的诗人,必须有伟大的听众。

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I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals.

我不认为人们可以准确地衡量一首诗的历史效力;但人们当然知道,书籍影响着个人;个人,虽然他们是大的经济和社会进程的一部分,影响着历史。每个群体毕竟是由数百万个体组成的。

I want to write a poem about "Truth," "Honor," "Dignity," and whether the toilet paper should roll over or under when you pull on it.

我想写一首关于“真理”、“荣誉”、“尊严”的诗,以及当你拉厕纸的时候,厕纸是应该翻过去还是翻过去。