“Poetry is a satisfying of the desire for resemblance. As the mere satisfying of a desire, it is pleasurable. But poetry if it did nothing but satisfy a desire would not rise above the level of many lesser things. Its singularity is that in the act of satisfying the desire for resemblance it touches the sense of reality, it enhances the sense of reality, heightens it, intensifies it.” DesirePoetrySatisfactionResemblancePoeticsSense Of RealityHeightens Book:The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination Source: The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination