"I don't know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I think it's there for itself, for what the reader finds in it"
- Marilyn Hacker
About this Quote
Marilyn Hacker's quote recommends that poems are not necessarily composed to assist establish something, but rather for the reader to discover something in them. She indicates that the poem is its own entity, which it is up to the reader to translate it and discover something meaningful in it. This might be a message, a sensation, or a lesson. It depends on the reader to decide what they remove from the poem. Hacker's quote recommends that the poem is not composed with a specific function in mind, but rather to be taken pleasure in and translated by the reader. It is a pointer that poems are not just words on a page, however rather a kind of expression that can be valued and understood in various ways.
This quote is written / told by Marilyn Hacker somewhere between November 27, 1942 and today. She was a famous Poet from USA.
The author also have 30 other quotes.
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"The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise"
"The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken"
"Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them"
"The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion"
