“And yet this self, contains Tides, continents and stars―a myriad selves, Is small and solitary as one grass-blade Passed over by the wind Amongst a myriad grasses on the prairie.” SelfPoetry Author:Cecil Day-Lewis
“poetry is not—except in a very limited sense—a form of self-expression. Who on earth supposes that the pearl expresses the oyster?” PoetryPoemsPoetsWriting PoetryPearlOyster Book:Selected Poetry Source: Selected Poetry
“The poetic myths are dead; and the poetic image, which is the myth of the individual, reigns in their stead.” ArtPoetryIndividualMythPoeticReign Book:The Poetic Image Source: The Poetic Image
“It is unwise to equate scientific activity with what we call reason, poetic activity with what we call imagination. Without the imaginative leap from facts to generalisation, no theoretic discovery in science is made. The poet, on the other hand, must not imagine but reason--that is to say, he must exercise a great deal of consciously directed thought in the selection and rejection of his data: there is a technical logic, a poetic reasoning in his choice of the words, rhythms and images by which a poem's coherence is achieved.” MadeReasonFactsHandsSciencePoetryChoicesImaginationDealsImaginePoetExerciseActivityDiscoveryLogicRhythmDataRejectionReasoningPoeticLeapSelectionImaginativeUnwiseCoherenceDiscovery In ScienceGeneralisation Author:Cecil Day-Lewis
“They who in folly or mere greed Enslaved religion, markets, laws, Borrow our language now and bid Us to speak up in freedom's cause.” LawPoetrySpeakLanguageCausesPoetMereGreedFolly Book:The Complete Poems of C. Day Lewis Source: The Complete Poems of C. Day Lewis
