In A Manner Of Speaking, The Poem Is Its Own Knower, Neither Poet Nor Reader Knowing Anything That The Poem Says Apart From The Words Of The Poem. - SearchQuotes

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In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem.

Allen Tate

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