The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on

The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.

A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.

The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.

Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might want a picture of a place he loves.

It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than you know.