It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self. - Richard Wilbur

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Richard Wilbur: "It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self."

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Address	Admired	Audience	Back
Better	Congress	Constitute	Directly
Dwell	Great	Ideal	Mind
Neighbors	Persons	Poet	Self
Taught	True	Whom

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