We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate. Allen Tate poemrestate Change image and share on social
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. Allen Tate criticdirectlyfix share on social
What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why. Allen Tate poemquestionwrite Change image and share on social
Narcissism and the Confederate dead cannot be connected logically, or even historically; even were the connection an historical fact, they would not stand connected as art, for no one experiences raw history. Allen Tate artconfederateconnect share on social
I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides may have a great deal to do with it. Allen Tate dealdreamgreat Change image and share on social
In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem. Allen Tate knowknowermanner Change image and share on social
