Poetry is a kind of “saying.” It is, however, a kind that many people, until they become well acquainted with it, feel rather peculiar and even useless. They feel this way for two reasons: the “way of the saying” and the “nature of the said.”

Poetry is a kind of “saying.” It is, however, a kind that many people, until they become well acquainted with it, feel rather peculiar and even useless. They feel this way for two reasons: the “way of the saying” and the “nature of the said.”

但是，对于很多不了解诗歌的人来说，这种“说话”显得非常奇怪，甚至毫无用处。