A truly exciting poem has something evasive or mysterious at the core, and it succeeds in suggesting to us that the core is essential to our being.

Mark Strand

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Topic

Poetry

Speaker

Mark Strand

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Canada

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Citation

Strand, Mark. "Untelling the Hour." Acts of Mind: Conversations with Contemporary Poets. University of Alabama Press, 1983. Originally an interview called "Untelling the Hour." Interviewed by Richard Jackson. The Poetry Miscellany, c. 1979.

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Thomas Beecham
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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

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Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

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