Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. Tha… - Ezra Pound

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Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Ezra Pound

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Ezra Pound (October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate poet, musician and critic who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in early to mid-20th century poetry. He was the driving force behind several Modernist movements including Imagism and Vorticism.

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Native Name: Ezra Weston Loomis Pound

Alternative Names: Ezra Loomis Pound

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W. H. Auden William Carlos Williams T. S. Eliot Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Samuel Johnson

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One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or energies which are nor represented by the over-familiar devices or patterns.

Poetry must be as well written as prose.

All other sins are open,
Usura alone not understood.

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. - Ezra Pound

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