Even A Polemic Has Some Justification If

After The Turbulence Of Death, Moral Principles And Even Religious Proofs Are Called Into Question.

Religious Poetry, Civic Poetry, Lyric Or Dramatic Poetry Are All Categories Of Man's Expression Which Are Valid Only If The Endorsement Of Formal Content Is Valid.

The Poet's Other Readers Are The Ancient Poets, Who Look Upon The Freshly Written Pages From An Incorruptible Distance. Their Poetic Forms Are Permanent, And It Is Difficult To Create New Forms Which Can Approach Them.

An Exact Poetic Duplication Of A Man Is For The Poet A Negation Of The Earth, An Impossibility Of Being, Even Though His Greatest Desire Is To Speak To Many Men, To Unite With Them By Means Of Harmonious Verses About The Truths Of The Mind Or Of Things.

Religious Power, Which, As I Have Already Said, Frequently Identifies Itself With Political Power, Has Always Been A Protagonist Of This Bitter Struggle, Even When It Seemingly Was Neutral.