Wallace Stevens

"What is one man among so many men? What are so many men in such a world? Can one man think one thing and think it long? Can one man be one thing and be it long?"

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Source: Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens”, p.41, Vintage

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Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens

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Wallace Stevens was an American poet known for his complex explorations of imagination and reality, particularly in works like 'Harmonium.'

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