快樂原則（節譯）（Ａ）

It is sometimes useful to remind ourselves of the simpleraspects of things normally regarded as complicated. Take，for instance， the writing of a poem. It consists'of three stages:the first is when a man becomes obsessed with an emotionalconcept to such a degree that he is compelled to do somethingabout it. What he does is the second stage， namely， construct averbal device that will reproduce this emotional concept inanyone who cares to read it， anywhere， any time. The third stageis the recurrent situation of people in different times and placessetting off the device and re-creating in themselves what the poetfelt when he wrote it. The stages are interdependent and allnecessary. If there has been no preliminary feeling， the devicehas nothing to reproduce and the reader will experience nothing.If the second stage has not been well done， the device will notdeliver the goods， or will deliver only a few goods to a fewpeople， or will stop delivering them after an absurdly short while.And if there is no third stage， no successful reading， the poemcan hardly be said to exist in a practical sense at all.