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Stephen Spender Quotes


An English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work.
Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. He was appointed the seventeenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of Congress in 1965.

Here are some famous quotes by Stephen Spender.

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

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Born of the sun they travelled a short while towards the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.

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When you read and understand a poem comprehending its rich and formal meanings then you master chaos a little.