“Have you, too, been aware Of a sort of something inside you, Something uncertainly there Like something you never tried? - Longing” UncertaintyPotentialUntapped PotentialActualising Tendency Book:The Grey Among the Green Source: The Grey Among the Green
“Poetry surprises us with what we already know.” KnowsPoetryLiteratureSurprise Book:Who Is Ozymandias?: And other Puzzles in Poetry Source: Who Is Ozymandias?: And other Puzzles in Poetry
“It is the unspecified 'you' of modern love poems that I am mostly concerned with here. At least, the addressee is commonly a lover, and the very fact that the name is withheld is offered as a guarantee of the closeness and significance of the relationship.” FactsPoetryLiteratureNamesModernLoversConcernedGuaranteesSignificanceLove PoemsClosenessModern Love Book:Who Is Ozymandias?: And other Puzzles in Poetry Source: Who Is Ozymandias?: And other Puzzles in Poetry