ABSTRACT

Poets have revealed themselves and have analysed (the human) condition long before human behaviour was conceptualised as a science. The poet entices participation. In effect, he says, ‘Here are my sorrows and my joys, my hopes and my fears. It pleases me to share them with you. If you see yourself in the mirror of my art and feel comforted or strengthened, follow me’. (L Wolberg, 1969)1