In Poetry
Elegant variation in poetry occurs by the poet’s ad-hoc need to find a word fitting the scansion and rhyme patterns of the poem.
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Famous quotes containing the word poetry:
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)
“There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers’ wives.”
—Hamlin Garland (1860–1940)