Ballads Quote by James Fenton

I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem.

— James Fenton

The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given…

— George Oppen

“One line lands in a word and one word lands in a line and there you have it the secret of poetry”

— Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore

“In the manner of one recognizing a line from a familiar poem in a strange book.”

— Neil Gaiman

Poetry has the ability to create entire moments with just a few choice words. The spacing and line breaks create rhythm, a helpful musicality,…

— Jason Reynolds

“Consequently, to form the experience, the length of the line for a haiku thought must have the same length as the duration of the…

— Kenneth Yasuda

Poetry is the eloquence of verse.

— William C. Bryant

Verse is a set of specially related sounds, repeated aloud.

— Sidney Lanier

“A swift rhythm is played out by my hands, a cadence known only to those who have strung tobacco. To many, the meter and…

— Brenda Sutton Rose

“I began a poem in lines of one syllable. It's rather difficult, but the merit of all things lies in their difficulty. The subject…

— Alexandre Dumas

“A poetic form is essentially a codified pattern of silence. We have a little silence at the end of a line, a bigger one…

— Don Paterson

I'm very conscious of the fact that every line should have a cadence to it. It should contribute to the progress of the poem.…

— Billy Collins