Expressing himself sparely, he zeroes in on physical details that are tellingly ugly or bluntly unpoetic.

他不拘一格地表达自己，专注于丑陋或毫无诗意的身体细节。

Some of the poems I have translated into English verse, and some I have had to paraphrase into prose on account of the literary allusions which would make the translation grotesque and unpoetic, and the meaning obscure without lengthy comments.

用的诗，有的我译英诗，有的因为句有典故，译成英诗之后古怪而不像诗，若不加冗长的注解，含义仍然晦涩难解，我索性就采用散略达意了。