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James Merrill
American
March 3, 1926
Poet
The simplest science book is over my head.
James Merrill
Tags:
Science
Over
Book
I'd like to think the scientists need us - but do they? Did Newton need Blake?
James Merrill
Tags:
Like
Think
Us
But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn't always have to speak in my own voice.
James Merrill
Tags:
Me
Always
Those
Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem.
James Merrill
Tags:
You
Them
Only
