“Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.” WayCertainCommunicationPoetry Is Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
“Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them.” LongWholeEnergyDramaNarrativeRelatedPoetry IsPoeticEpicPersistentSuccession Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
“Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course.” MenMatterDesireCoursesAppealsUnconsciousPoetry IsIntensityCompletenessUniversality Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
“To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even delightful, but is certainly inessential.” KnowsMayPoetConcernedPoetry IsEntertainingDelightful Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
