One is forced to remember how far from "self-expression" great poems are — what a strange compromise between the demands of the self, the world, and Poetry they actually represent.


"The Profession of Poetry," Partisan Review (September/October 1950) [p. 168] - Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)

Randall Jarrell Quotes

One is forced to remember how far from self-expression great poems are — what a strange compromise between the demands of the self, the world, and...

One is forced to remember how far from self-expression great poems are — what a strange compromise between the demands of the self, the world, and...

One is forced to remember how far from self-expression great poems are — what a strange compromise between the demands of the self, the world, and...

One is forced to remember how far from self-expression great poems are — what a strange compromise between the demands of the self, the world, and...