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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Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

诗歌是情感的表达。情感必须来自自然,但衡量的尺度可以通过艺术获得。

The crown of literature is poetry.

文学的最高境界是诗歌。