Gilbert Keith Chesterton Quotes on Poetry
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Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.
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The central idea of poetry is the idea of guessing right, like a child.
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He was, if ever there was one, an inspired poet. I do not think it the highest sort of poet. And you never discover who is an inspired poet until the inspiration goes.
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'Free verse'? You may as well call sleeping in a ditch 'free architecture.'