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I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limit

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes. – Mark Strand

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. – Mark Strand

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I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poets personality. – Mark Strand

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