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John Hollander was an American poet known for his unique style and innovative approach to poetry forms. His works blended classical and modern elements, exploring themes of love, nature, and the human condition.

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Famous John Hollander Quotes

“Poetry gets to be the poetry of life by successfully becoming first the poetry of poetry.”

Firsts Art Poetry Becoming

Author:John Hollander

“To understand The signs that stars compose, we need depend Only on stars that are entirely there And the apparent space between them. There Never need be lines between them, puzzling Our sense of what is what.”

Needs Stars Lines Space Depends Space Between Puzzling

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“When Adam found his rib was gone He cursed and sighed and cried and swore And looked with cold resentment on The creature God has used it for.”

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Book:Spectral emanations: new and selected poems

Source: Spectral emanations: new and selected poems

“Geoffrey Hill may be the strongest and most original English poet of the second half of our fading century, although his work is by no means either easy or very popular. Dense, intricate, exceedingly compact, his poetry has always had great visionary force.”

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Author:John Hollander

“A long project is like a secret houseguest, hidden in your study, waiting to be fed and visited.”

Long Waiting Secret Study Projects Feds

Author:John Hollander

“We speak of memorizing as getting something 'by heart,' which really means 'by head.' But getting a poem or prose passage truly 'by heart' implies getting it by mind and memory and understanding and delight.”

Mind Heart Mean Speak Understanding Memories Delight Prose Passages Really Mean Memorizing

Author:John Hollander

About the Author

Born: October 28, 1929
Died: August 13, 2013
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 6

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Selected poemsRelated source material

Spectral emanations: new and selected poemsRelated source material

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