Hebrew poetry comprises almost 50% of the Old Testament. Hebrew poetry differs from English poetry in that the emphasis is on parallel thoughts, where in English poetry the emphasis is on rhyme and meter. This correspondence of thought in Hebrew poetry is called parallelism. It is the distinguishing mark the Hebrew poet. Each line has […]
Poetry Quotes
To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty, has been always a delicious employment of the poets.
That’s the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
Indifference to poetry is one of the most conspicuous characteristics of the human race.
Vain was the chief’s, the sage’s pride! They had no poet, and they died.
Then, Sir, what is poetry? Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is not easy to tell what it is.
Poetry is the enemy of the poem.
Poetry is the sculpture of thought.
The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is has no attachment to any of the powers that control the modern world, may set it free to do the only thing that in this age it can do -to keep the neglected parts of the human experience alive until […]
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason.
