Poets in our civilization, as it exists at present, must be difficult.... The poet must become more and more comprehensive, more allusive, more indirect, in order to force, to dislocate if necessary, language into its meaning.


The Metaphysical Poets


Poets in our civilization, as it exists at present, must be difficult.... The poet must become more and more comprehensive, more allusive, more...

Poets in our civilization, as it exists at present, must be difficult.... The poet must become more and more comprehensive, more allusive, more...

Poets in our civilization, as it exists at present, must be difficult.... The poet must become more and more comprehensive, more allusive, more...

Poets in our civilization, as it exists at present, must be difficult.... The poet must become more and more comprehensive, more allusive, more...