Poetry
Luis de Góngora and Francisco de Quevedo were the two most important poets. They were enemies and composed many bitter (and funny) satirical pieces attacking each other.
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Famous quotes containing the word poetry:
“German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry.... Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts beauty. It tries to be truthful.”
—Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (19201970)
“Poetrys unnatral; no man ever talked poetry cept a beadle on boxin day, or Warrens blackin or Rowlands oil, or some o them low fellows; never you let yourself down to talk poetry, my boy.”
—Charles Dickens (18121870)
“Much of our poetry has the very best manners, but no character.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)