No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results? – John Barton
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. – John Barton
No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results? – John Barton
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. – John Barton
Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools. – John Barton
An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive. – John Barton
The flowery Path of Poetry but ill accords with the thorny Mazes of the Law; in the one I have wandered with rapture from Infancy, and I have endeavoured to grace the other with a simple but lasting Ornament—Integrity of Heart. – Charles Snart, “Dedication, to Robert Lowe, Esq. Oxton,” 1807 January 1st, Newar