Still the question remains of what actually speaks in a poem, if not subjectivity as historically constructed.

  • -- Thomas Harrison 汤姆斯·哈里森

如果不像历史上所建构的那样具有主观性,那么诗歌中真正表达的内容仍然是个问题。

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I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

我不能告诉你一首诗从何而来,它是什么,它是干什么用的,别人也不能告诉你。我不能告诉你的原因是,一首诗的目的是超越叙述,通过燃烧得到认可。

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.

作家的作品往往反映了他或她在生活中所接触到的东西;诗歌或故事的基础。

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.

我们知道,从历史上看,第二任期一直被傲慢和丑闻所玷污。

Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

意义是由社会、历史和修辞构成的。