Quote by: Anthony Hecht

A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.


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Author Bio


  • NameAnthony Hecht
  • DescriptionPoet
  • BornJanuary 16, 1923
  • DiedOctober 20, 2004
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize; Bollingen Prize; National Medal Of Arts; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry