It seems to me the structure of the Quartets is too imposed.

Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent.

I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door.

We simply have not kept in touch with poetry

Your average pop song or film is a very sophisticated item, with very sophisticated ways of listening and viewing that we have not really consciously developed over the years - because we were having such a good time

It seems to me the structure of the Quartets is too imposed.

I believe that these devices like repetition and rhyme are not artificial, that they're not imposed, somehow, on the language.