The blueprints of verse can be used to build things made of… - John Hollander

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The blueprints of verse can be used to build things made of literal, or nonpoetic material, which is why most verse is not poetry.

John Hollander

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John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic.

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The large (in English) unphilosophical, 'poetic' or 'religious' questions are elicited from their precise and technical microcosms.

One crosses the brink of literalness into poetry by desiring , noticing, fixing on something and wondering what to make of it.

You can teach the writing of verse..like prose..an instrument..and the recognition of true poetry. The rest, writers must teach themselves.

The blueprints of verse can be used to build things made of literal, or nonpoetic material, which is why most verse is not poetry. - John Hollander

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