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Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?
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"Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?"

- Dorothy Fields

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In this quote, Dorothy Fields is questioning the capacity of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetic capabilities. She acknowledges that Browning can composing lengthy poems, as evidenced by her ability to write a two-page long poem. However, Fields raises the question of whether Browning could have taken her poetic skills an action even more and brought her work to a music publisher. This suggests that Fields may have believed that Browning's poetry had the prospective to be changed into musical structures, and she wonders if Browning ever explored this possibility. Overall, this quote highlights the admiration and interest surrounding Browning's poetic abilities and the potential for her work to be adjusted into other forms of art.

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Dorothy Fields This quote is written / told by Dorothy Fields between July 15, 1905 and March 28, 1974. She was a famous Musician from USA. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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