I want you to tell me if I'm retarded or not, lit. I have a collection of steven wallace's poems next to my bed, I pick it up every night to read a poem or two. I admit, I don't really understand a single poem in that entire collection. Am I retarded?
Modern poetry is pretty difficult in general and I'd say Stevens is particularly difficult until you understand what he's about.
I suggest to keep reading and thinking about them. Or get a book or essays about him. I suggest vendler's Wallace Stevens: words chosen out of desire
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You could appreciate them for sound. T. S. Eliot once said he read and admired Dante's Italian poetry before he even understood Italian.