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In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love read more
In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.
Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly read more
Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin,
Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in;
Free from all meaning whether good or bad,
And in one word, heroically mad.
Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.
Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
