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Prose talks and poetry sings.

— Franz Grillparzer

The poetry of speech.

— Lord Byron

I like to think that the best poetry is or involves a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual.

— Miller Williams

There is a certain flimsiness of poetry which seems expedient in a song.

— William Shenstone

Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and…

— Walter Pater

Poetry is talking on tiptoe.

— George Meredith

I like the way the prose and poetry interact.

— Rachel Zucker

The style, often found difficult in the earlier books, is just as individual but more perfectly modulated to experience, and the dialogue is much…

— Geoffrey Dutton

Poetry is so close to music, not just in cadence and sound but in silences. That's why, to me, I can't talk about prose…

— Pattiann Rogers

Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.

— Peter Davison

“Poetry is the most potent form of philosophy.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“…wisely mingled poetry and prose.”

— Louisa May Alcott