“If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.”
Quote by M. H. Abrams
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M. H. Abrams
M. H. Abrams, a renowned American literary critic, was born on July 23, 1912, and passed away on April 21, 2015. His works have had a profound impact on literary criticism in the 20th century. more
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