I'm always talking about how the poems I am most obsessed…
“I'm always talking about how the poems I am most obsessed with are like people: complex and unknowable and with a huge capacity for many different emotions.”
About This Quote
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Poems resemble people: complex, unknowable, and emotionally rich.
In simple terms: Poems are like complex, emotional people.
Approach poetry with openness to complexity.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- reading groups
- creative writing
- therapy sessions
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- What emotions do you discover in poems?
- How does treating poems as people change your reading?
May be too abstract for beginners.