W. H. Auden Quotes

The chances are that, in the course of his lifetime, the major poet will write more bad poems than the minor, simply because major poets write a lot.

W. H. Auden

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• The chances are that, in the course of his lifetime, the major poet will write more bad poems than the minor, simply because major poets write a lot.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Writing
  • Bad
  • Chance