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Quote by James Schuyler
However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there cant

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there cant be much to it. – James Schuyler

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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is, prose = words in their best order – poetry = the best words in the best order. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them. – Dennis Gabor

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The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence. – Laura Marling

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