“In the discussion forum, identify the quotation you chose and explain, in your own words, what you think it means and why you chose it.”
Only you can do this. Do you understand why?
After reading each of the following quotations about poetry, choose the one that makes the most sense to you. In the discussion forum, identify the quotation you chose and explain, in your own words, what you think it means and why you chose it.
“The chief use of the “meaning” of a poem in the ordinary sense, may be...to satisfy one habit of the reader, to keep his mind diverted and quiet, while the poem does its work upon him.” - T.S. Eliot
“Poetry is nothing less than the most perfect speech of man, that in which he comes nearest to be able to utter the truth...” - Matthew Arnold
“The poet becomes an expert packer of suitcases”—Sylvia Plath
“The poet can make every word he writes draw blood”--Walt Whitman
“A poem is a small machine made out of words.”--William Carlos Williams
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