Once the diction has been established it works of itself. Almost anything the poet wants to say, has only to be turned into this orthodox and ready-made diction and it becomes poetry. 'Whatever Miss T. eats turns into Miss T.'

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Once the diction has been established it works of itself. Almost anything the poet wants to say, has only to be turned into this orthodox and ready-made diction and it becomes poetry. 'Whatever Miss T. eats turns into Miss T.'" in the context of "C. S. Lewis, A Preface to Paradise Lost (1942)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.