Poet Uses Quotes

The poet, however, uses these two crude, primitive, archaic forms of thought (simile and metaphor) in the most uninhibited way, because his…

— Northrop Frye

“A scholar is someone who sticks to things. A poet is someone who uses whatever sticks to him.”

— Barbara Sher

The poet uses the results of science and philosophy, and generalizes their widest deductions.

— Henry David Thoreau

Always in a foreign country, the poet uses poetry as an interpreter.

— Edmond Jabes