根据浪漫主义的迷信说法,诗人们不是早年名就,倏忽即逝,就是默默无闻,黯然终老。还有一种与此有联系的观点认为,流行性本质上就是平庸粗浅,因此受到大众欢迎的诗歌往往较为低劣。然而事实大多与此说法相反,69岁的诗人理查德·威尔伯(Richard Wilbur)的成就更使这一观点显得可笑。威尔伯在40余年的诗歌生涯中,不仅赢得评论界赞誉,而且也深受广大读者喜爱,并曾荣获普利策奖和国家图书奖。威尔伯曾在哈佛大学、韦尔斯利大学、韦斯利安大学及史密斯大学等校执教,将外国作家大量地介绍给说英语的读者,翻译了安 According to the romantic superstition, poets are not early names, fleeting, that is, obscurity, sadly end. There is also an associated view that epidemics are by nature mediocre and superficial, and thus popular poems tend to be less favorable. However, most of the facts contrast with this statement, as the achievement of Richard Wilbur, a 69-year-old poet, makes this view ridiculous. In more than 40 years of his poetry career, Wilbur has won not only commendation from the critics but also widespread readership. He has also won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Wilbur taught at Harvard University, Wellesley University, Wesleyan University and the University of Smith and other schools, introduced a large number of foreign writers to English-speaking readers, translated Ann