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title: "7 Meaning Poem Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Meaning Poem quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Meaning Poem sayings and thoughts."
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> [“In determination of prevention, as a form of aid to human development, I will attempt to comprehend meaning.” FROM THE POEM Sketch”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolay-boychev/in-determination-of-prevention-as-a-form-of-aid-to-human-development/)

[Nikolay Boychev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolay-boychev/)

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> [“The real meaning of a poem is to stop time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-fletcher/the-real-meaning-of-a-poem-is-to-stop-time/)

[Ralph Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-fletcher/)

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> [“It was language I loved, not meaning. I liked poetry better when I wasn't sure what it meant. Eliot has said that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-was-language-i-loved-not-meaning-i-liked-poetry-better-when-i-wasn/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Often when I write poetry I don't quite know what I'm saying myself. I mean, I can't restate the poem. The meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pattiann-rogers/often-when-i-write-poetry-i-don-t-quite-know-what-i-m-saying-myself-i/)

[Pattiann Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pattiann-rogers/)

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> [The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/the-meaning-of-a-poem-is-in-the-cadences-and-the-shape-of-the-lines/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

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> [A statute is written to entrap meaning, a poem to escape it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/a-statute-is-written-to-entrap-meaning-a-poem-to-escape-it/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

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> [I want to reiterate that my understanding of the poem is not the poem's core, true meaning. Once a poem goes out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/i-want-to-reiterate-that-my-understanding-of-the-poem-is-not-the-poem/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

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