A poem may be an instance of morality, of social c... -Allen Tate

A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all.

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Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, and literary critic associated with the Southern Agrarian movement. His poetry and writings often explored themes of tradition, culture, and the modernist literary landscape. Tate's contributions to American literature have had a lasting impact.

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How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry....
There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England...
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not reli...
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 wit...
At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the...
A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone,...
So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are int...
The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!...
The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the wo...
Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form....

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Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone....
I wanted the Peace Corps to be something very vague and unorganized, and to a large extent it was. It did not run smoothly. The consequence was that w...
Victims always feel alone and helpless....
I don't even know how much money I've spent on all of this stuff... Just in plates and bars alone, it's literally a ridiculous amount of money I've sp...
The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient....
I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone....
I really love football and for this reason alone, I trained hard every day, building up good stamina and energy....
I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but ...
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom i...
A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone,...