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English Poetry Quotes

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English Picture Quote #1

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry Picture Quote #1

I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes Picture Quote #1

I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I’ve always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people’s minds work Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual Picture Quote #1

In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English Picture Quote #1

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The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme Picture Quote #1

Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it Picture Quote #1

The length and shape of the poemetto, like the greater Romantic lyric of English poetry, lends itself to retrospection and commentary Picture Quote #1

I love John Ashbery. He’s the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he’s given that or not, he is to me Picture Quote #1

I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English Picture Quote #1

Some people think that English poetry begins with the Anglo-Saxons. I don’t, because I can’t accept that there is any continuity between the traditions of Anglo-Saxon poetry and those established in English poetry by the time of, say, Shakespeare. And anyway, Anglo-Saxon is a different language, which has to be learned Picture Quote #1

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Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy Picture Quote #1

I never had much education in English poetry as such Picture Quote #1

My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time Picture Quote #1

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry Picture Quote #1

I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published Picture Quote #1

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The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English (English Poetry Quotes) I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry (English Poetry Quotes) I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes (English Poetry Quotes) I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I’ve always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people’s minds work. (English Poetry Quotes) When I’m writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual. (English Poetry Quotes) In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English. (English Poetry Quotes) The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme. (English Poetry Quotes) Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it. (English Poetry Quotes) The length and shape of the poemetto, like the greater Romantic lyric of English poetry, lends itself to retrospection and commentary. (English Poetry Quotes) I love John Ashbery. He’s the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he’s given that or not, he is to me. (English Poetry Quotes) I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English. (English Poetry Quotes) Some people think that English poetry begins with the Anglo-Saxons. I don’t, because I can’t accept that there is any continuity between the traditions of Anglo-Saxon poetry and those established in English poetry by the time of, say, Shakespeare. And anyway, Anglo-Saxon is a different language, which has to be learned (English Poetry Quotes) Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy (English Poetry Quotes) I never had much education in English poetry as such (English Poetry Quotes) My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time (English Poetry Quotes) I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry (English Poetry Quotes) I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published (English Poetry Quotes)