Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

William Wordsworth

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Topic

Poetry

Author

William Wordsworth

Source

Lyrical Ballads

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical ballads, with Other Poems. Vol. 1, Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1802, preface.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800/1802)." Lyrical Ballads & Other Poems. Wordsworth Editions, 2002.

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Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.

William Blake

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Author

William Blake
Source
Poems from the Pickering Manuscript
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1805 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

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Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote about Poetry

To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Topic
Names Poetry
Speaker
Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.