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C. Day Lewis Quotes
C. Day Lewis
English
Poet
Born:
Apr 27
,
1904
Died:
May 22
,
1972
Clear
Down
First
Mind
Sit
Write
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No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?
C. Day Lewis
Good
Earth
Claim
Would
Poem
Self-Expression
However
May
Just
Who
Expresses
Pearl
We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
C. Day Lewis
Write
Understand
Understood
Order
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