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Originally posted by David Mason:
Like many others, I feel rather strange using the word "career" in relation to poetry.
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Perhaps that's due to the verb form of the word. Many poets don't go at full speed, but spend decades moving forward, like Whitman: as Emerson said, Whitman must have had a long ascent, though he appeared out of nowhere. Or like ED. Or even like Frost, who didn't begin to write until later in his life.
We now have poets, though, who begin at 18 and expect quick results. Millay did it, but...