I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!

  • -- Rita Dove 丽塔·达夫

我被任命为桂冠诗人。这完全出乎我的意料,因为大多数的桂冠诗人都比我大得多。

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A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so.

诗人或散文叙述者通常会在回顾过去的岁月中所取得的成就时,发现其中一些成就是可以接受的,而另一些则不那么容易接受。

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

尝试一下感觉很好,但是扮演一个父亲,我有点老了。现在我明白我要更认真地对待这件事,我确实想要那种生活方式。

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

我不相信人会变老。我认为,在人生的早期,人到了一定的年龄,就会停滞不前。

If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force.

如果诗人追求道德目标,他的诗歌力量就会减弱。