The poet , absorbed in the solving of formal problems, the … - Vernon Scannell

" "
The poet , absorbed in the solving of formal problems, the struggle with slippery eels of language, has no time for dissimulation and he tells us more about himself than he knows.

Vernon Scannell

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Vernon Scannell

Vernon Scannell (23 January 1922 – 16 November 2007) was a British poet and author. He was at one time a professional boxer, and wrote novels about the sport.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: John Vernon Bain • John Bain

All quotes from Vernon Scannell Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Vernon Scannell:

Dennis O'Driscoll Herbert Edward Read John Hollander Dana Gioia Alicia Ostriker

Additional quotes by Vernon Scannell

The desire of a poet for his writings to be in print is as natural as a painter needs to exhibit his work in public.

Past events are not dead but constantly making their claims on the present, modifying it even as they themselves are modified in the maw of subsequent events and in the memory which is part of the shaping of imagination.

All true poets are, of course, primarily concerned with artifact, the making of a verbal construct, a durable work of art.

The poet , absorbed in the solving of formal problems, the struggle with slippery eels of language, has no time for dissimulation and he tells us mor… - Vernon Scannell

About Vernon Scannell

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Vernon Scannell