Quote by: Allen Tate

In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem.


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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