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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that

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

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Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth – the true poet is very near the oracle. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. – John Cage

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I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. – Jacques Derrida

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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. – John Barton

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