The poem is a little myth of man’s capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see –i t is, rather, a light by which we may see — and what we see is life.
Robert Penn Warren Quotes
How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.
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| Birth: | 24th April, 1905 |
| Death: | 15th September, 1989 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
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Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the influential literary journal The Southern Review with Cleanth Brooks in 1935.
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