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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Imagine a world where your greatest fears become reality.

想象一个世界,在这里你最大的恐惧将成为现实。

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Hesiod is not alone in saying, for God's sake try not to take a voyage at sea because your chances of coming back are really bad, which was a reality to a degree.

赫西奥德不是唯一一个说,看在上帝的份上不要试图在海上航行,因为你几乎不可能返航,在某种程度上这是实话

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