No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?
- C. Day Lewis
May, However, Expresses, Claim
Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.
- C. Day Lewis
Her, Veins, Washed, Noon
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.
- C. Day Lewis
Mind, Need, Clear, Verse
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