• A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all.

  Allen Tate
  American poet and essayist 1899-1979
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. psychological
2. qualities
3. history
4. never
5. alone
6. three

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A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all. by : Allen Tate

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