A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.

  • -- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel 卡尔·威廉·施勒格尔

诗歌的定义只能决定诗歌应该是什么,而不能决定诗歌的过去和现在;否则,最简洁的公式就是:诗歌就是在某个时间、某个地点被这样命名的东西。

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He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather : for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

耶稣回答说,天晚了,你们说要晴了,因为天发红。早晨天发红又发黑,你们就说,今日必有风雨。假冒为善的人哪,你们知道分辨天上的气色。你们竟不能分辨当时的神迹吗。

While I'm quite happy and love doing the atmospheric and quirky stuff, the melodic stuff, I've done quite a lot of. It's also another reason why I try not to do two or three at the same time.

虽然我很开心,喜欢做一些有情调的、古怪的、有旋律的东西,但我已经做了很多。这也是我尽量不同时做两三个的另一个原因。