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 interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman. Allen Tate automobilefailurefictitious share on social
Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation. Allen Tate compensationdealgood Change image and share on social
The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace. Allen Tate careerdayencourage Change image and share on social
For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there they use a telescope upon the horizon to see where it came from. Allen Tate criticdirectlyfix share on social
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 with it. Allen Tate dealdreamgreat Change image and share on social
I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure. Allen Tate changedenotekey Change image and share on social
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them. Allen Tate conflictdealfundamental Change image and share on social
Narcissism and the Confederate dead cannot be connected logically, or even historically; even were the connection an historical fact, they would not stand connected as art, for no one experiences raw history. Allen Tate artconfederateconnect share on social
In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem. Allen Tate knowknowermanner Change image and share on social
