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A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.
Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production read more
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.
For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a read more
For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a man; also, it may be said, there is no
life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its
sort, rhymed or unrhymed.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
