Go ahead. Fire your feeble guns. You won't kill anything. There will always be poets in the world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Critics or enemies cannot destroy art or poets because they persist regardless of opposition.
- In plain terms
- You cannot stop poets or art by attacking them.
- What can you take from it?
- Art survives even when people try to destroy it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What survives even when you attack it?
- Why are poets hard to kill?
Another view
Art can be silenced by physical force even if it lives in memory.
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