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  • The necessity of poetry has to be stated over and over, but only to those who have reason to fear its power, or those who still believe that language is 'only words' and that an old language is good enough for our descriptions of the world we are trying to transform.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adrienne Rich Quotes , Believe Quotes , Poetry Quotes
  • The definition of good prose is proper words in their proper places; of good verse, the most proper words in their proper places.The propriety is in either case relative. The words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in general, a fault.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Poetry Quotes , Attention Quotes
  • It is clear that a poem may be improperly brief. Undue brevity degenerates into mere epigrammatism. A very short poem, while now and then producing a brilliant or vivid, never produces a profound or enduring, effect. There must be the steady pressing down of the stamp upon the wax.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Edgar Allan Poe Quotes , Profound Quotes , Poetry Quotes
  • At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible, for instance, or Homer or Shakspeare. I see he covertly or plainly likes best superb verbal polish, or something old or odd
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Walt Whitman Quotes , Poetry Quotes , Likes Quotes