Among those today who believe that modern poetry must do without rhyme or metre, there is an assumption that the alternative to… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“Many people have complained that Imagined Communities is a difficult book and especially difficult to translate. The accusation is partly true. But… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
We admire Chaucer for his sturdy English wit.... But though it is full of good sense and humanity, it is not transcendent… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Has it ever occurred to you,’ he said, ‘that the whole history of English poetry has been determined by the fact that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“A man's most vivid emotional and sensuous experience is inevitably bound up with the language that he actually speaks. (New Bearings in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some people think that English poetry begins with the Anglo-Saxons. I don't, because I can't accept that there is any continuity between… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Honestly, I can't understand English poetry. Because I am not an English speaker, when I read it I never know how to… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
English poetry begins whenever we decide to say the modern English language begins, and it extends as far as we decide to… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
There is no one more deserving of a place in Poets' Corner. Ted Hughes introduced a new kind of landscape into English… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“The concept of an author, the single creative person who gives the text 'authority', only comes later in this period. Most Old… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
“[Poetry] is a field where England can take on all challengers.” — Patrick Leigh Fermor Copy Share Image
The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
I am a patriot, but I must say that English poetry is the richest in the world. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Old English poetry also contained a wide range of conventional poetic diction, many of the words being created to allow alliterative patterns… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“Love thou thy dream All base love scorning, Love thou the wind And here take warning That dreams alone can truly be,… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Old English poetry is characterised by a number of poetic tropes which enable a writer to describe things indirectly and which require… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but… — Peter Porter Copy Share Image
We do have to learn poetry at school. Poetry is interesting to me, particularly Chinese poetry. It's like an ancient form of… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
“He spoke in english. Not flawlessly by any means. Not like a Nazi POW camp commandant who appreciates english poetry and says… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
What a contrast between the stern and desolate poetry of Ossian, and that of Chaucer, and even of Shakespeare and Milton, much… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
