Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as the Muse. a matching and shifting of vowels and consonants, an adroit assonance sometimes derided as jackassonance.

Quote by Louis Untermeyer

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Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for...

Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

Poets are born, not made

Poets are born, not made

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one...

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one...

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

The true poem rests between the words.

The true poem rests between the words.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that...

The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that...