But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.
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A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all.Allen Tate
We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate.
Allen Tate
At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.
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For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there they use a telescope upon the horizon to see where it came from.
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Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.
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The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!
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