The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful poems of the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images.

现代派诗人就其许多想象又回到了十七世纪极抽象派诗人的意象诗中。

youdao

In the 17th century, most of the so-called metaphysical poets were not even aware of each other.

而在17世纪，大部分所谓的形而上派诗人根本就不知道彼此的存在。

youdao

Eliot was there, in that essay on the metaphysical poets that I'm quoting from, defending as necessary what is the primary characteristic, not only of his own poetry, but really of modern poetry generally, what is often called its difficulty.

艾略特在描写那些抽象派诗人的文章里,就是我引用的那篇，极力维护,诗人的首要特征，不仅是因为他自身的诗性，更因为维护现代诗歌的必要，这是非常困难的一件事。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选