Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding read more

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with read more

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.

When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.