Extremes, though, are always risky and ordinarily downright baneful, and the dangers of prolonged contact with any poetry that seems to exceed what we most familiarly know of the first-class are formidable.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker warns that extreme poetry or art can be harmful or overwhelming to familiar sensibilities.
- In plain terms
- Extreme art can be dangerous.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid excessive extremes in art.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is extreme art always bad?
- Where is the line?
Another view
It may limit artistic innovation.
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