The rhythm of a poem ceases the moment the feeling loses it… - Herbert Edward Read

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The rhythm of a poem ceases the moment the feeling loses its intensity.

Herbert Edward Read

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Sir Herbert Edward Read (4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art. He was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism, and was strongly influenced by proto-existentialist thinker Max Stirner.

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The rhythm of a poem ceases the moment the feeling loses its intensity. - Herbert Edward Read

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