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John Drinkwater, a prominent British poet, was born on June 1, 1882, and passed away on March 25, 1937. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound emotional expression, which has had a significant impact on subsequent poets.

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All Poet Ifs Men Poetry Is Art Expression Kind Knows Accepted Finished May Mood Order Perfect Poetic Verses Way Abiding Achievement Analogies

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“If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.”

Ifs Values Circumstances Imperfect

Book:The Lyric: An Essay

Source: The Lyric: An Essay

“So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse.”

Ifs Kind Asks Failing Capacity Mood Prose Verses Impress Insignificant Imaginative

Book:The Lyric: An Essay

Source: The Lyric: An Essay

“The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music.”

Ifs Term Poet Expression Perception Musician Translate

Book:The Lyric: An Essay

Source: The Lyric: An Essay

“To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.”

People Ifs Kind Mean Government Highest Function Democratic Analogies Realisation Democratic Government

Book:The Lyric: An Essay

Source: The Lyric: An Essay

About the Author

Born: June 1, 1882
Died: March 25, 1937
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 24

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The Lyric: An EssayRelated source material

Poems, 1908-1919Related source material

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