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The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.
“The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.”
— Victor Hugo · Poetry
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“The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.”
“Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.”
“Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night.”
“Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.”
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
“Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.”
“sweet spring is your”
“The first rose on my rose-tree”
“LOVE”
“From the beginnings of literature, poets and writers have based their narratives on crossing borders, on wandering, on exile, on encounters beyond the familiar. The stranger is an archetype in epic poetry, in novels. The tension between alienation and assimilation has always been a basic theme.”
“There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money, either”
“...what the Man-Moth fears most he must do..”