Quote by John Drinkwater
But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connec

But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. – John Drinkwater

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There can be no proof that Blakes lyric is composed of the best words in the best order only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so. – John Drinkwater

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Knowledge
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So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. – John Drinkwater

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Failure
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We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order – poetry and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry
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Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life. – William Rose Benet

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Poetry

Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously. – Asghar Farhadi

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Poetry

Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying. – W. H. Auden

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Poetry

If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. – A. E. Housman

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Poetry

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