While modern poetry in many of its forms strives to master reality, Auden reminds us, there on your handout, cautiously, that poetry makes nothing happen.

虽然，现代诗以各种形式力求指导现实，奥登却小心翼翼地提醒我们，诗歌什么事也干不了（在你们的讲义中有提到）。

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While modern poetry in many of its forms strives to master reality, Auden reminds us, there on your handout, cautiously, that poetry makes nothing happen.

当现代诗歌以其各种方式极力想要操控现实时，奥登提醒我们--这在你们的讲稿上有，要小心诗歌会让人们一无所有。

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"Poetry makes nothing happen, " wrote WH Auden, and Mr Chiurai does not expect his own art to be any different.

BBC: Zimbabwe's Kudzanai Chiurai: Can art change Africa?