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Quote by Anne Stevenson
Im not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always gr

Im not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every words meaning, or multiple meanings. – Anne Stevenson

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I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. – Anne Stevenson

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Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses. – Vicente Aleixandre

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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter. – Victor Hugo

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Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords – philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather. – Anna Jameson

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Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process. – Franz Grillparzer

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