There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.

  • -- John Updike 约翰·厄普代克

在一首诗中有一个结晶,年轻人可以做到,但中年人做不到。

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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.

如果你快速阅读一首诗来理解它的意思,你就错过了这首诗的主体部分。

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

有时诗歌的灵感来自于阅读其他诗歌时的对话。