Carolina QuotesThe real war poets are always war poets, peace or any time.
Randall Jarrell Carolinian
Source
"Poetry in War and Peace," Partisan Review (Winter 1945), p. 129
- work
- Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)
- year
- 1935
- locator
- p. 129
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“The real war poets are always war poets, peace or any time.” Randall Jarrell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A6C90F9249. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a6c90f9249
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