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Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enabl... -Peter Davison

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

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This quote explains the historical origins of poetry as a means of aiding memory, particularly in religious contexts, suggesting that poetry served as a tool for preserving and reciting sacred texts or prayers.

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

There was a time when poetry often made its way to vinyl; take a deep dive, for example, into the beat poets' countercultural albums of the 1950s to '80s.

If I'm walking along the street, ideas come. Ideas about things that I'm interested in. I've jotted them down in the past on bits of paper and then, more recently, on apps in my phone. I've always written poetry since I was a kid.

I love poetry. I love rhyming. Do you know, there are poets who don't rhyme? Shakespeare did not rhyme most of the time, and that's why I do not like him.

What is more beautiful than a sea of water with a number of white-winged boats skirting its surface? Poetry and beauty contesting with the wind and the waves!

It helped my lyric writing so much studying poetry. I thought I knew what poetry was before I immersed myself in it. Poetry is meditative. It's reflective.

The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own ar... -Amanda Gorman

The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.

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This quote emphasizes the speaker's belief that the oral performance or recitation of poetry constitutes a distinct art form and tradition within itself, suggesting that the spoken delivery of poetry carries its own significance and artistic value separate from the written word.

If you've ever been to a poetry slam, you know that the highest scoring emotion is self-righteous indignation: how dare you judge me. So in that way, the poem, 'What Teachers Make,' is an absolutely formulaic slam poem designed to allow me to get up on my soap box and say, 'Let me tell you what really makes me angry.'

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with ... -Khalil Gibran

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

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This quote characterizes poetry as a blend of different elements, including moments of joy, pain, wonder, and linguistic richness. It suggests that poetry encompasses a range of emotions and experiences, while also utilizing language in a way that draws from the vastness of vocabulary and linguistic resources.

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within... -Howard Nemerov

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

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This quote refers to a poetic technique known as "metapoetry," in which a poem self-reflectively discusses or comments on its own process of creation, suggesting that the poet may include elements within a poem that provide insights into the poetic craft or the intentions behind the poem.

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.

The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.

Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of w... -Simon Callow

Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it.

When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence.

They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.

I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important.

I'm a poet, and I spent my life in poetry.

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This quote straightforwardly states that the speaker is a poet and has dedicated their life to the pursuit and practice of poetry, indicating a lifelong commitment to the art form.

Poetry. I read Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Hirschfield. I like to read Billy Collins out loud.

I'm a regular person. I'm a regular guy. As a kid, I played games. As a kid, I liked poetry. As a kid, I liked drawing. And I never felt the need to stop doing anything. I never lost interest in them.

Poetry is a sort of homecoming.

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This quote metaphorically presents poetry as a return to a familiar and comforting place. It suggests that engaging with poetry can evoke a sense of belonging, connection, and resonance, creating a space where individuals can find solace, understanding, and a deeper connection to themselves and the world.

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