“There is no single thing... that is so cut and dried that one cannot attend to its secret whisper which says 'I am more than just my appearance'. If each object quivers with readiness to imply something other than itself, if each perception is a word in a poem dense with connotations, then the poet's selection of any given subject of speculation will become... a means of attuning himself to the rhythms and harmonies of reality at large. ... The notion of a network of correspondence is not an outmoded Romantic illusion: it represents a crucial intuition...”
Quote by Roger Cardinal
Book:Figures of Reality
Work
Figures of Reality
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
You May Also Like
“Poets make the best topographers.”
Source: The Making of the English Landscape
“Each poem leads you to the questions it makes sense to ask it.”
Source: Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology
Source: Flame in the Mist
Source: Nadira's Happy Ever After
Source: Kill to Get Crimson
“Poets can dodge. ("Evening Primrose")”
Source: Fancies and Goodnights