What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in the course of time a poet may become merely reader in respect to his own works, forgetting his original meaning.


Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot (ed. Harcourt, 1975)

T. S. Eliot Quotes

What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in the course of time a poet may become merely...

What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in the course of time a poet may become merely...

What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in the course of time a poet may become merely...

What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in the course of time a poet may become merely...