I did not come here to solve anything.
I came to sing,
And for you to sing with me.

Yo no vengo a resolver nada.
Yo vine aquí para cantar
Y para que cantes conmigo.

Pablo Neruda

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Topic

Purpose of poetry Poetry

Author

Pablo Neruda

Source

Que Despierte El Leñador

Medium

Poem

Language

Spanish

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Poet Writer

From

Chile South America

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Citation

Neruda, Pablo. Que Despierte El Leñador. Colección Yagruma, 1948.

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Another quote from the 1940s

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Henry S. Haskins

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Topic
Inner strength

Author

Henry S. Haskins
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Haskins, Henry S [published anonymously]. "Metapsychics." Meditations in Wall Street. William Morrow & Company, 1940.

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.

Another quote originally in Spanish

Can we ever have too much of a good thing?

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Topic
Too much of a good thing Excess

Author

Miguel de Cervantes
Source
Don Quixote
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Question
Language
Spanish
Time
1605 1600s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.