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...

Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain,...

Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain,...

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they...

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

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...

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain...

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

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

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

What this country needs is a great poem. John Browns Body was a step in...

What this country needs is a great poem. John Browns Body was a step in...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of...

Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of...

...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...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

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...

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...

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...