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James Fenton Quotes

There is no objection to the proposal: in order to learn to be a poet, I shall try to write a sonnet. But the thing you must try to write, when you do so, is a real sonnet, and not a practice sonnet Picture Quote #1

Modernism in other arts brought extreme difficulty. In poetry, the characteristic difficulty imported under the name of modernism was obscurity. But obscurity could just as easily be a quality of metrical as of free verse Picture Quote #1

I’ve not been a prolific poet, and it always seemed to me to be a bad idea to feel that you had to produce in order to get... credits. Production of a collection of poems every three years or every five years, or whatever, looks good, on paper. But it might not be good; it might be writing on a kind of automatic pilot Picture Quote #1

Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral Picture Quote #1

One problem we face comes from the lack of any agreed sense of how we should be working to train ourselves to write poetry Picture Quote #1

Nobody really knows whether they are a poet. I knew I was interested from the age of 15 Picture Quote #1

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In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music Picture Quote #1

I prefer writing in the mornings, so to that extent I have a routine. I do reading and other things in the afternoon Picture Quote #1

I don’t see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem Picture Quote #1

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation Picture Quote #1

The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint Picture Quote #1

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done Picture Quote #1

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There is no objection to the proposal: in order to learn to be a poet, I shall try to write a sonnet. But the thing you must try to write, when you do so, is a real sonnet, and not a practice sonnet (James Fenton Quotes) Modernism in other arts brought extreme difficulty. In poetry, the characteristic difficulty imported under the name of modernism was obscurity. But obscurity could just as easily be a quality of metrical as of free verse (James Fenton Quotes) I’ve not been a prolific poet, and it always seemed to me to be a bad idea to feel that you had to produce in order to get... credits. Production of a collection of poems every three years or every five years, or whatever, looks good, on paper. But it might not be good; it might be writing on a kind of automatic pilot (James Fenton Quotes) Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral (James Fenton Quotes) One problem we face comes from the lack of any agreed sense of how we should be working to train ourselves to write poetry (James Fenton Quotes) Nobody really knows whether they are a poet. I knew I was interested from the age of 15 (James Fenton Quotes) In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music (James Fenton Quotes) I prefer writing in the mornings, so to that extent I have a routine. I do reading and other things in the afternoon (James Fenton Quotes) I don’t see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem (James Fenton Quotes) The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation (James Fenton Quotes) The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint (James Fenton Quotes) Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done (James Fenton Quotes)

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