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I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound but maybe it is of the nature of revol
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"I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks"

- Howard Nemerov

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Howard Nemerov between February 29, 1920 and July 5, 1991. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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