Quotes by Poetry I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat. A. E. Housman terriers rats poetry Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. A. E. Housman understanding poetry perfect Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. I am convinced that most readers, when they think they are admiring poetry, are deceived by inability to analyse their sensations, and that they are really admiring, not the poetry of the passage before them, but something else in it, which they like better than poetry. A. E. Housman poetry art thinking Poetry is unfallen speech. Paradise knew no other, for no other would suffice to answer the need of those ecstatic days of innocence. Abraham Coles poetry answers needs Poets are born, not paid. Addison Mizner born poet poetry I do not think [poetry] is more, or less, necessary than food, shelter, health, education, decent working conditions. It is as necessary. Adrienne Rich health-education poetry thinking The moment of change is the only poem. Adrienne Rich poetry change healing The necessity of poetry has to be stated over and over, but only to those who have reason to fear its power, or those who still believe that language is 'only words' and that an old language is good enough for our descriptions of the world we are trying to transform. Adrienne Rich poetry trying believe Can you remember? when we thought Adrienne Rich taught poetry life Reality, the oppressor's tongue. Adrienne Rich poetry literature reality ... passion for survival is the great theme of women's poetry. Adrienne Rich passion survival poetry A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn poet party poetry For what I have publish'd, I can only hope to be pardon'd; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais'd. Alexander Pope burned pardon poetry Pretty conceptions, fine metaphors, glittering expressions, and something of a neat cast of verse are properly the dress, gems, or loose ornaments of poetry. Alexander Pope poetry expression dresses Truth shines the brighter, clad in verse. Alexander Pope verses poetry shining Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry. Alexander Pushkin poetry math inspirational A poem round and perfect as a star. Alexander Smith stars poetry perfect Though my verse but roam the air And murmur in the trees, You may discern a purpose there, As in music of the bees. Alfred Austin poetry air tree Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. Alfred de Musset poetry memorable two Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Alfred Lord Tennyson poetry war death 1234567891011»