Timothy Materer wrote:

> --In which essay or review does Eliot liken the meaning of a poem to the
> meat brought by a burglar to appease the watchdog while the thief's real
> work is done?


At http://www.liquidsquid.com/modernism/mod/0699/0046.html

    John Eckman inquired on behalf of a friend about
    > a source for
    > (or more exact words for) a remark Eliot made...something to the
effect
    > that the words of poetry are like the steak the burglar tosses to the
    > dog to quiet it and keep it busy while he enters the house (as the
poet
    > enters the reader's mind) to do his work.
    I believe the quotation comes from part v of "The Use of Poetry and the
    Use of Criticism"--its context concerns the notorious difficulty or
    obscurity of much modern poetry. Here's a relevant snippet:

   [More at the web page]

Also:
    http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/paper1.htm

Ken may like this page with the words of the son of his favorite Canadian:
    http://www.mmi.unimaas.nl/news/opening_content.html

Regards,
   Rick Parker