Allen Tate Quote

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.


the man of letters in the modern world (ed. 1953)


What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.