1. Poetry without passion is like reason without realism.
2. If distance between passion and thought is short, it is poetry; if it is long, it is prose.
3. Poetry is more enjoyed than explained. It is a felt experience of the words intertwined with emotions. The essence of poetry is inexplicable.
4. There has always been fewer poets than prose writers. Poetry sears and does not pay.
5. Poetry cannot be taught. Only love of poetry can be evoked.
6. Prose is a robust sense and poetry is a captivating sensibility.
7. The intrinsic value of poetry is that it is poetry.
8. Prose is rising to the central theme by exposition. Poetry is descending to the core emotion by condensation.
9. A culture is as refined as its poetry and as progressive as its iconoclastic prose .

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