Daily Quotes
Nor do the poems [of Jane Kenyon] ever culminate in that tiresome ‘Now I see’ of transfigured experience. If the dog and
Jul 08,2023
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Nor do the poems [of Jane Kenyon] ever culminate in that tiresome ‘Now I see’ of transfigured experience. If the dog and the garden are not changed permanently by perception, to what end, for what reason, are they watched so carefully? They are watched, I think, because for Kenyon they are all potentially teachers. […] In this system, everything teaches, but not everyone is capable of learning.
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