Quote by: Allen Tate

So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman.


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Author Bio


  • NameAllen Tate
  • DescriptionAmerican poet, essayist and social commentator
  • BornNovember 19, 1899
  • DiedFebruary 9, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize; Bollingen Prize