But the problem of one's being called to be a great poet is that one may have an inkling or some sense of a promise of future greatness but nothing really to show for it yet.

但是一个人被召唤去变成伟大诗人的问题在于,他可能会有一丝感觉他将来必定是伟大的,但还没有什么能够真正表明这一切。

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The problem of memory is just as important to the psychological dynamics of the fall of Adam and Eve, but as we will see when we look at Book Four, surely it's the problem of the poet's memory that's the most troubling in Paradise Lost.

记忆的问题的重要性与,亚当与夏娃堕落后心里的变化相当，但是我们将在第四册书看到，确实是诗人自己记忆的问题,困扰着《失乐园》这部作品。

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