Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

  • -- Alfred Edward Housman 豪斯曼

即使诗歌有一个意义,就像它通常的意义一样,把它描绘出来也是不明智的。完美的理解有时几乎会扼杀快乐。

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Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.

坏的,古怪的诗歌可能比一些好东西更好,因为它真的来自内心。

No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?

没有一首诗是容易理解的;那么,为什么读者要期待快速的结果呢?