"In the eyes of others a man is……" — Wystan Hugh Auden

In the eyes of others a man is a poet if he… - Wystan Hugh Auden

"In the eyes of others a man is a poet if he has written one good poem. In his own he is only a poet at the moment when he is making his last revision to a new poem. The moment before, he was still only a potential poet; the moment after, he is a man who has ceased to write poetry, perhaps forever."

— Wystan Hugh Auden

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