What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell
That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;
A precious jewel carved most curiously;
It is a little picture painted well.
What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the tear that fell
From a great poet's hidden ecstasy;
A two-edged sword, a star, a song--ah me!
Sometimes a heavy tolling funeral bell.
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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.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
Writing a poem is discovering
Writing a poem is discovering
Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands read more
Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands with latter,
And that which was before come after;
But those that write in rhyme still make
The one verse for the other's sake;
For one for sense, and one for rhyme,
I think's sufficient at one time.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.
