Style is not something applied. It is something inherent, something that permeates.

Wallace Stevens

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Style

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Wallace Stevens

Source

Two or Three Ideas

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Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Poet Writer

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United States

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Stevens, Wallace. "Two or Three Ideas." 28 Apr. 1951, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA. Speech.

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