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Quote by Victor Hugo
The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both. – Victor Hugo

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A poet is a nightingale, who sits in the darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Poetry,—the language of the Imagination and the Passions,—the oldest and most beauteous offspring of Literature. – Frederick Hinde, Poetry, a lecture delivered in London on the evening of April 8

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Poetry

I think we will always have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I wouldnt agree with Bly that its a bad thing. It depends on the ability of the individual poet to do it well, and to make a shape which is interesting enough to hold your attention. – James Laughlin

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I never thought Id be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas. – Caroline Kennedy

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The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions. – Paul Klee

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The body is mortal, but the person dwelling in the body is immortal and immeasurable. – Bhagavad Gita

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We are known to our friends by a look in our eyes that we never see in a mirror. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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