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It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column:
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.
In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column:
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth--the true poet is very near the oracle.
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth--the true poet is very near the oracle.
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
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.
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.
