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Stephen Spender
The greatest poets...
The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their...
When you read...
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a...
Great poetry is...
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
I think continually...
I think continually of those who were truly great -
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who...
There is a...
There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife a tyrannical...
When a child,...
When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes,
I was your son, high on your horse,
My mind a top whipped by the...
Moments that can...
Moments that can never happen again and never lost their wonder.
Source: In...
Who live under...
Who live under the shadow of a war,
What can I do that matters?
Source: Who Live...
People sometimes divide...
People sometimes divide others into those you laugh at and those you laugh with. The young Auden was someone you could...
I'm struggling at...
I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic middle age, imposture,...