"We know the particular poem, not what it……" — Allen Tate

"We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate."

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37 Quotes by Allen Tate

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Men expect too much, do too little.
Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.
How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the…
Culture is the study of perfection, and the constant effort to achieve it.
A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities,…
At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at…
The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and…
But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.
The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!
I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know…
According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not…
I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides…

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