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Quote by Robert Frost
Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own m

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. – Robert Frost

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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom… in a clarification of life – not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. – Robert Frost

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