Finally, I think it can be said that it's a poem whose deepest investmentis actually in Milton's mastery over the entire Western tradition of literature.

最后，我要说的是,这是一首弥尔顿对自身对于现代文学传统的,写作技巧苦心经营的诗。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In Stevens, modernity shows us that the truth of religion was always a fiction, a fundamentally poetic construction.

在史蒂文斯的诗里，现代性向我们展示了,宗教的真理不过是虚构之言，是最基本的诗意创作。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

All of this has to be yoked together in the imagery of a good poem, particularly of a metaphysical poem, and this model of complexity is what matters both for modern literature and for literary criticism.

一首好诗,的应该融合这些意象，尤其一首玄学诗，同时，这种复杂性,在现代文学,和文学批评中都十分重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Modern poetry, as we study it in this class and, I think, as you see it in this anthology, is an international phenomenon.

我们课上学习的现代诗歌，你们在诗集中可以看到，我认为是一个国际现象。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Modern poetry is difficult and these are difficult lines.

现代诗是很难读的，这些诗句也非常难以理解。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Pound goes to work on Yeats, goes to work on his poetry and helps modernize him, although I think in lots of ways the influence went just as much the other way.

庞德转而研究叶芝和他的诗,并帮助他往现代主义转变，尽管我认为在很多方面,是叶芝影响了庞德。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选