• The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

  Source: Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (1996 edition), Univ of Michigan Pr

  A. R. Ammons
  American poet
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. assurance
2. himself
3. learned
4. partial

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The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance. by : A. R. Ammons

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