Are You a Hero or a Poet?

On the Archetypes of Temptation

“There was neither a hero nor a poet on Odysseus’ ship. A hero would withstand without being tied, without wax in the ears. A poet would jump overboard even when tied. A poet would hear even with wax in the ears.”

—Marina Tzvetaeva

Russian poet, Tzvetaeva, offers us an archetypal dichotomy between hero and poet:

Heroes are strong-willed and poets weak-will…