I learned from dictionaries that out there has two meanings, one of which is 'strange' and the other 'out in the world'.
Both meanings fit into the context without any problem, which might be an error in my part.
Teachers, which do you think is the better definition?
May I ask you another question? What does discipline mean in the passage?
I have referred to a number of dictionaries, only to fail to find its adequate meaning.
A 20th Century poet best known for his love poems, W.H. Auden lived a
strict, regimented lifestyle. In his book, Daily Rituals: How Artists
Work, Mason Currey quoted Auden as saying that “the surest way to
discipline passion is to discipline time: decide what you want or ought to do during the day, then always do it at exactly the
same moment every day, and passion will give you no trouble.” For the
Audens out there, you know exactly when your mind works at full
capacity and you take advantage of it. That’s why you insist on
following a daily routine. At full creative flight, you generally try
to wake up early and hit the sack early, meeting the times set in your
schedule, and you are highly productive because of it.
Best Answer
To discipline passion there means to restrain it, to harness it, and to put it to productive use.
out there means "out in the world" or "out there in the audience". It can be understood as a clause:
That is, for poets who are like Auden, and who may be reading these words.
The other meaning, "weird, strange, somewhat crazy, extreme" would not be found following the noun like that, without BE. That is, "out there" is used as a predicate about a subject and is spoken as if it had "scare-quotes" around it:
and very rarely as an adjective that appears before the noun:
but never as an adjective following the noun like time immemorial: