![Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--f0-l6F5fYc/X1t6VDQeJkI/AAAAAAAAI_Y/bcWya1cucuEh3mXFG82W5l7S4BpbCggQACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/poetry-might-be-defined-as-the-clear-expression-of-mixed-feelings.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: W. H. Auden
![Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--f0-l6F5fYc/X1t6VDQeJkI/AAAAAAAAI_Y/bcWya1cucuEh3mXFG82W5l7S4BpbCggQACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/poetry-might-be-defined-as-the-clear-expression-of-mixed-feelings.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![We must love one another or die](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NqlI4Fwi5Xg/X1uPYhGY3RI/AAAAAAAALLA/apATuE2_eRkam-MeJkUz2tdWuLUaku49wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-must-love-one-another-or-die.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We must love one another or die
![Learn from your dreams what you lack.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y-BeUlEEI8M/X0bJPLEyu7I/AAAAAAAADl8/kxJk889z9ewvkj2063laUG0GydC_ZlCQACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/learn-from-your-dreams-what-you-lack-quotes-by-w-h-auden-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-dreams.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Learn from your dreams what you lack.
![Art is born of humiliation.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rzPsSG80bXc/X0a9a7SzLkI/AAAAAAAABaE/NNLtLRwd02YYWBukaCP1a3ZVIclVm_84QCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw1quf-gU/w750-h750-p/art-is-born-of-humiliation-quotes-by-w-h-auden-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-art.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Art is born of humiliation.
![Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hsmw0dDp9Ik/X1t7utbr7PI/AAAAAAAAJP8/xvRerZ95uR04N9DKeAOGW-oIY3kiDMnCACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/some-books-are-undeservedly-forgotten-none-are-undeservedly-remembered.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
![Now is the age of anxiety.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6Ngf8utosc8/X0bMeXIUwiI/AAAAAAAAEOg/29RSwiHKPUUu-_hish8s_8MPZXqlYZcDgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/now-is-the-age-of-anxiety-quotes-by-w-h-auden-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-age.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Now is the age of anxiety.
![Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7u7kY8uLkXQ/X1t1sbT6boI/AAAAAAAAIX8/QA2KaOXrWk81QMCaDtMoIXsowDRFUF4eACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/mad-ireland-hurt-you-into-poetry.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry.
![I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wuuCe85TuZc/X1tt5yzZYSI/AAAAAAAAHmE/a-ewdfSQArIeTAIzWSjjCN8xoJ97cngyACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-smell-blood-and-an-era-of-prominent-madmen.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen.
![If equal affection cannot be,Let the more loving one be me.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NANxfaRwUvQ/X1trhct7eEI/AAAAAAAAHQo/4g9ze1DbPEc5cegEBAydVc4NIB8gnAzjgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-equal-affection-cannot-belet-the-more-loving-one-be-me.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If equal affection cannot be,Let the more loving one be me.
![Poetry makes nothing happen.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WcDD09GYXlI/X1t6UqiqWXI/AAAAAAAAI_U/CJxSqI8w5AkmTtXej6fl3PJ4z7dIRQASwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/poetry-makes-nothing-happen.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)