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I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It exists separately. Any poem that has any worth expresses the whole life of the poet. It gives a view of what the poet is.
I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It exists separately. Any poem that has any worth expresses the whole life of the poet. It gives a view of what the poet is.
Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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- William Carlos Williams
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- Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to William Carlos Williams, based on documented lifetime 1883 to 1963. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178106 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178106 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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